REVOKE
\ɹɪvˈə͡ʊk], \ɹɪvˈəʊk], \ɹ_ɪ_v_ˈəʊ_k]\
Definitions of REVOKE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
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the mistake of not following suit when able to do so
By Princeton University
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annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
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the mistake of not following suit when able to do so
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To call or bring back; to recall.
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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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To hold back; to repress; to restrain.
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To draw back; to withdraw.
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To call back to mind; to recollect.
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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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The act of revoking.
By Oddity Software
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To call or bring back; to recall.
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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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To hold back; to repress; to restrain.
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To draw back; to withdraw.
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To call back to mind; to recollect.
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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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The act of revoking.
By Noah Webster.
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To make of no effect by recalling; repeal; annul; as, to revoke a law or license.
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In card playing, to fail to follow suit when able, in violation of the rules.
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The act of thus failing to follow suit at cards.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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