Found 3 items, similar to Revoke.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: revoke
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: revoke
revoke
n : the mistake of not following suit when able to do so [syn:
renege]
v 1: fail to follow suit when able and required to do so
2: annul by recalling or rescinding;
“He revoked the ban on
smoking”;
“lift an embargo”;
“vacate a death sentence”
[syn:
annul,
lift,
countermand,
reverse,
repeal,
overturn,
rescind,
vacate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Revoke
Revoke
\Re*voke"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Revoked;p. pr. & vb. n.
Revoking.] [F. r['e]voquer, 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.]
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The faint sprite he did revoke again,
To her frail mansion of morality. --Spenser.
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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.
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3. To hold back; to repress; to restrain. [Obs.]
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[She] still strove their sudden rages to revoke.
--Spenser.
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4. To draw back; to withdraw. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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5. To call back to mind; to recollect. [Obs.]
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A man, by revoking and recollecting within himself
former passages, will be still apt to inculcate
these sad memoris to his conscience. --South.
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Syn: To abolish; recall; repeal; rescind; countermand; annul;
abrogate; cancel; reverse. See
Abolish.
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Revoke
\Re*voke"\, v. 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.
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Revoke
\Re*voke"\, n. (Card Playing)
The act of revoking.
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She [Sarah Battle] never made a revoke. --Lamb.
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