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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
re·voke       [ri-vohk] Pronunciation Key verb, -voked, -vok·ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1.to take back or withdraw; annul, cancel, or reverse; rescind or repeal: to revoke a decree.
2.to bring or summon back.
–verb (used without object)
3.Cards. to fail to follow suit when possible and required; renege.
–noun
4.Cards. an act or instance of revoking.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME revoken < L revocāre to call again, equiv. to re- re- + vocāre to call]

re·vok·er, noun
re·vok·ing·ly, adverb

1. retract, recall; nullify, countermand.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
re·voke       (rĭ-vōk')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   re·voked, re·vok·ing, re·vokes

v.   tr.
To void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing: Her license was revoked.

v.   intr. Games
To fail to follow suit in cards when required and able to do so.

n.   Games
Failure to follow suit in a card game when required and able to do so.


[Middle English revoken, from Old French revoquer, from Latin revocāre : re-, re- + vocāre, to call; see wekw- in Indo-European roots.]

re·vok'er n.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
revoke 
c.1374, from O.Fr. revoquer, from L. revocare "rescind, call back," from re- "back" + vocare "to call," related to vox (gen. vocis) "voice, sound, tone, call" (see voice).

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
revoke

noun
1. the mistake of not following suit when able to do so 

verb
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" 

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: re·voke
Pronunciation: ri-'vOk
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: re·voked; re·vok·ing
: to annul by recalling or taking back: as a : to destroy the effectiveness of (a will) by executing another or by an act of destruction (as tearing or crossing out) b : to put an end to (a trust) c : to withdraw (an offer) esp. before acceptance d : to withdraw (acceptance of goods) by refusing to keep goods because of nonconformity —see also REJECTION e : to take back (as a license or a grant of parole or probation) esp. because of misconduct —re·vok·er noun

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.]

The faint sprite he did revoke again, To her frail mansion of morality. --Spenser.

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.

3. To hold back; to repress; to restrain. [Obs.]

[She] still strove their sudden rages to revoke. --Spenser.

4. To draw back; to withdraw. [Obs.] --Spenser.

5. To call back to mind; to recollect. [Obs.]

A man, by revoking and recollecting within himself former passages, will be still apt to inculcate these sad memoris to his conscience. --South.

Syn: To abolish; recall; repeal; rescind; countermand; annul; abrogate; cancel; reverse. See Abolish.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Revoke

Re*voke"\, n. (Card Playing) The act of revoking.

She [Sarah Battle] never made a revoke. --Lamb.

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