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Definition of Counterorder
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Counterorder
Literary usage of Counterorder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cornhill Magazine by George Smith (1861)
"Mrs. Robarts did not return, but went up among the children to counterorder such
directions as she had given for the preparation of the nursery for the ..."
2. The Story of the Moors in Spain by Stanley Lane-Poole, Arthur Gilman (1903)
"The enfeebled Berbers were at the beck and call of bad women and ambitious priests,
and they would counterorder one day what they had commanded the day ..."
3. The New York Times Current History (1919)
"... suddenly a counterorder for our release came from General Headquarters.
The enemy carefully refrained from injuring buildings or works of art and ..."
4. An Old Frontier of France: The Niagara Region and Adjacent Lakes Under by Frank Hayward Severance (1917)
"I can tell you at meeting at who's instigation this counterorder was sent, but
I hope will not hinder your coming to us. We have provisions for three weeks. ..."
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