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The Meaning of revoke
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(v. t.) To call or bring back; to recall.
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(v. t.) 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.
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(v. t.) To hold back; to repress; to restrain.
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(v. t.) To draw back; to withdraw.
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(v. t.) To call back to mind; to recollect.
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(v. i.) To fail to follow suit when holding a card of the suit led, in violation of the rule of the game; to renege.
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(n.) The act of revoking.
Synonyms
Recal
,
withdraw
,
cancel
,
annul
,
rescind
,
repeal
,
declare void.
Antonyms
Sanction
,
enact
,
perpetuate
,
enforce
,
reiterate
,
renew.
Rhymes
artichoke
,
awoke
,
backstroke
,
baroque
,
bloke
,
boak
,
boake
,
boeck
,
boeke
,
bouck
,
broke
,
choke
,
cloak
,
cloke
,
coke
,
countryfolk
,
croak
,
croke
,
doak
,
doke
,
droke
,
evoke
,
folk
,
goecke
,
goeke
,
gohlke
,
hoek
,
hoke
,
holyoke
,
invoke
,
joke
,
keystroke
,
knoke
,
koch
,
koke
,
kolk
,
larocque
,
laroque
,
misspoke
,
moacq
,
moak
,
moke
,
noack
,
oak
,
poke
,
polk
,
provoke
,
roanoke
,
roque
,
schmoke
,
schoeck
,
schroeck
,
scoke
,
sloke
,
slowpoke
,
smoak
,
smoke
,
snoke
,
soak
,
spoke
,
stoke
,
stroke
,
szoke
,
townsfolk
,
windhoek
,
woke
,
wolk
,
wouk
,
yoak
,
yoke
,
yolk