Coun`ter*mand" (koun`t&etilde;r*m&adot;nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Countermanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Countermanding.] [F. contremander; contre (L. contra) + mander to command, fr. L. mandare. Cf. Mandate.] 1. To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to countermand an order for goods.

2. To prohibit; to forbid. [Obs.]

Avicen countermands letting blood in choleric bodies.
Harvey.

3. To oppose; to revoke the command of.

For us to alter anything, is to lift ourselves against God; and, as it were, to countermand him.
Hooker.

Coun"ter*mand (koun"t&etilde;r*m&adot;nd), n. A contrary order; revocation of a former order or command.

Have you no countermand for Claudio yet,
But he must die to-morrow?
Shak.

• To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given