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Webster 1913 Edition

Revoke

Re-voke′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Revoked
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Revoking
.]
[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
.

Re-voke′

,
Verb.
I.
(Card Playing)
To fail to follow suit when holding a card of the suit led, in violation of the rule of the game; to renege.
Hoyle.

Re-voke′

,
Noun.
(Card Playing)
The act of revoking.
She [Sarah Battle] never made a
revoke
.
Lamb.

Webster 1828 Edition

Revoke

REVO'KE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. revoco; re and voco, to call.]
1.
To recall; to repeal; to reverse. A law, decree or sentence is revoked by the same authority which enacted or passed it. A charter or grant which vests rights in a corporation, cannot be legally revoked without the consent of the corporation. A devise may be revoked by the devisor, a use by the grantor, and a will be the testator.
2.
To check; to repress; as, to revoke rage. [Not in use.]
3.
To draw back.
Seas are troubled when they do revoke their flowing waves into themselves again. [Unusual.]

REVO'KE

,
Verb.
I.
To renounce at cards.

REVO'KE

,
Noun.
The act of renouncing at cards.

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