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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.]
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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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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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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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