different between countermand vs uncountermanded

English

Etymology

From Old French contremander, from Medieval Latin contramand?, from contra + mand? (“I order; I command”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ka?nt??m??nd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ka?nt??mænd/, /?ka?nt??mænd/

Verb

countermand (third-person singular simple present countermands, present participle countermanding, simple past and past participle countermanded) (transitive)

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

   Synonyms: cancel, rescind

2. To recall a person or unit with such an order.
3. To prohibit.

   Synonyms: prohibit, forbid

   • 1672 Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions

     Avicen countermands letting blood in choleric bodles.

4. To oppose; to revoke the command of.
   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie

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

Translations

Noun

countermand (plural countermands)

1. An order to the contrary of a previous one.

Translations

English

Etymology

un- +? countermanded

Adjective

uncountermanded (not comparable)

1. Not countermanded; unopposed.