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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Countermarch

Coun'ter-märch', v. i.

verbintransitive

[imp. & pp. COUNTER-MARCHED (koun'ter-marcht'); p. pr. & vb. n. COUNTERMARCHING.] (Mil.) To march back, or to march in a reversed order.

Coun'ter-märch, n.

noun

n. 1. A marching back; a returning.

  1. (Mil.) A change of the wings or face of a battalion, so as to bring the right to the left, or the front into the rear.
  2. A change of measures; alteration of conduct.