[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

revoke \revoke"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. revoked;p. pr.  vb. n.
   revoking. f. r'evoquer, 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.
      1913 webster

            the faint sprite he did revoke again,
            to her frail mansion of morality.     --spenser.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   3. to hold back; to repress; to restrain. obs.
      1913 webster

            she still strove their sudden rages to revoke.
                                                  --spenser.
      1913 webster

   4. to draw back; to withdraw. obs. --spenser.
      1913 webster

   5. to call back to mind; to recollect. obs.
      1913 webster

            a man, by revoking and recollecting within himself
            former passages, will be still apt to inculcate
            these sad memoris to his conscience.  --south.
      1913 webster

   syn: to abolish; recall; repeal; rescind; countermand; annul;
        abrogate; cancel; reverse. see abolish.
        1913 webster
see also:
revoked revoking voice revocate abolish 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

revoke \revoke"\, 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.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

revoke \revoke"\, n. card playing
   the act of revoking.
   1913 webster

         she sarah battle never made a revoke.  --lamb.
   1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
renege annul lift countermand reverse repeal 
overturn rescind vacate 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

85 moby thesaurus words for "revoke":
   abjure, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, assert the contrary,
   back down, back out, backwater, belie, bring to naught, cancel,
   cite, climb down, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert,
   counter, countermand, counterorder, crawfish out, cross, deny,
   disaffirm, disallow, disannul, disavow, disclaim, dismantle,
   disown, disprove, dispute, do away with, eat crow, eat humble pie,
   erase, expunge, forswear, gainsay, impugn, invalidate,
   join issue upon, lift, make void, negate, negative, not accept,
   not admit, nullify, oppose, override, overrule, quash, recall,
   recant, recollect, refuse to admit, refute, remember, remind,
   reminisce, renege, renounce, repeal, repudiate, rescind, retain,
   retract, retrospect, reverse, revive, set aside, suspend, swallow,
   take back, take issue with, undo, unsay, vacate, veto, void, waive,
   withdraw, write off

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