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re⋅voke

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

Related forms:
re⋅vok⋅er, noun
re⋅vok⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. retract, recall; nullify, countermand.
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re·voke   (rĭ-vōk')   
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To void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing: Her license was revoked.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.
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Word Origin & History

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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

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
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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