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Revoke
REVO'KE, v.t. [L. revoco; re and voco, to call.]
1. To recall; to repeal; to reverse. A law, decree or sentence is revoked by the same authority which enacted or passed it. A charter or grant which vests rights in a corporation, cannot be legally revoked without the consent of the corporation. A devise may be revoked by the devisor, a use by the grantor, and a will be the testator.
2. To check; to repress; as, to revoke rage. [Not in use.]
3. To draw back.
Seas are troubled when they do revoke their flowing waves into themselves again. [Unusual.]
REVO'KE, v.i. To renounce at cards.
REVO'KE, n. The act of renouncing at cards.
revoke appears in definitions for these words:
Call Countermand Countermanded Doom Irrevocability Recall Recalled Recant Repeal Repealed Republication Rescind Resolve Revocable Revocate Revoke Settle Unrepealed Unrevoked
Call Countermand Countermanded Doom Irrevocability Recall Recalled Recant Repeal Repealed Republication Rescind Resolve Revocable Revocate Revoke Settle Unrepealed Unrevoked
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