Category:Revoke

Re*voke", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Revoked;p. pr. & vb. n. Revoking.] Etym: [f. révoquer, l. revocare; pref. re- re- + vocare to call, fr. Vox, vocis, voice. See voice, and cf. Revocate.]

1. To call or bring back; to recall. [obs.] The faint sprite he did revoke again, to her frail mansion of Morality. Spenser.

2. Hence, to annul, by recalling or taking back; to repeal; to Rescind; to cancel; to reverse, as anything granted by a special act; As,, to revoke a will, a license, a grant, a permission, a law, or The like. Shak.

3. To hold back; to repress; to restrain. [obs.] [she] still strove their sudden rages to revoke. Spenser.

4. To draw back; to withdraw. [obs.] Spenser.

5. To call back to mind; to recollect. [obs.] A man, by revoking and recollecting within himself former passages, Will be still apt to inculcate these sad memoris to his conscience. South.

Syn. -- to abolish; recall; repeal; rescind; countermand; annul; Abrogate; cancel; reverse. See abolish.

Revoke Re*voke", v. i. (card playing)

Defn: to fail to follow suit when holding a card of the suit led, in Violation of the rule of the game; to renege. Hoyle.

Revoke Re*voke", n. (card playing)

Defn: the act of revoking. She [sarah battle] never made a revoke. Lamb.