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revoke


verb (used with object), re·voked, re·vok·ing.

  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), re·voked, re·vok·ing.

  1. Cards. to fail to follow suit when possible and required; renege.

noun

  1. Cards. an act or instance of revoking.

verb

  1. (tr) to take back or withdraw; cancel; rescindto revoke a law
  2. (intr) cards to break a rule of play by failing to follow suit when able to do so; renege

noun

  1. cards the act of revoking; a renege
v.

mid-14c., from Old French revoquer (13c.), from Latin revocare “rescind, call back,” from re- “back” (see re-) + vocare “to call” (see voice (n.)). Related: Revoked; revoking.

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