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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the mistake of not following suit when able to do so;
[syn: revoke, renege]


VERB (2)

1. fail to follow suit when able and required to do so;

2. cancel officially;
- Example: "He revoked the ban on smoking"
- Example: "lift an embargo"
- Example: "vacate a death sentence"
[syn: revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Revoke \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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Revoke \Re*voke"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Revoked;p. pr. & vb. n. Revoking.] [F. r['e]voquer, 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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Revoke \Re*voke"\, n. (Card Playing) The act of revoking. [1913 Webster] She [Sarah Battle] never made a revoke. --Lamb. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

revoke n 1: the mistake of not following suit when able to do so [syn: revoke, renege] v 1: fail to follow suit when able and required to do so 2: cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate]