[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.
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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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see also:
revoked revoking voice revocate abolish 

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