So it didn't matter much that his mother Countermanded his proposal that bed should be gone to, on the ground that it was so late now that she wouldn't be able to sleep a wink.
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
It was not many days before he Countermanded all the extra papers, but his faithful Press-Cutters sent in the notices religiously and he could not help reading them.
"Helena Brett's Career"
Desmond Coke
Tobias smilingly allowed Peter to give orders; he even scarcely looked up when Peter Countermanded those which he had himself given to the servants and day-laborers.
"Landolin"
Berthold Auerbach