Re*voke" (?), v. 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" (?), 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.
Re*voke", n. (Card Playing)
The act of revoking.
She [Sarah Battle] never made a
revoke.
Lamb.
Re*voke" (?), v. 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" (?), 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.
Re*voke", n. (Card Playing)
The act of revoking.
She [Sarah Battle] never made a
revoke.
Lamb.
