revoke

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French révoquer, from Latin revocare, from re- + voco, vocare. Doublet of revocate. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈvoʊk/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈvəʊk/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /rɪˈvəʊk/ Rhymes: -əʊk === Verb === revoke (third-person singular simple present revokes, present participle revoking, simple past and past participle revoked) (transitive) To cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or reversing. 1539, Myles Coverdale et al., (translators), Great Bible, London: Thomas Berthelet, 1540, deuterocanonical addition to the Book of Esther, heading to Chapter 16,[1] The Copye of the letters of Arthaxerses, wherby he reuoketh those which he fyrst sende forth. (intransitive) To fail to follow suit in a game of cards when holding a card in that suit. (obsolete) To call or bring back. Synonym: recall (obsolete) To hold back. Synonyms: repress, restrain (obsolete) To move (something) back or away. Synonyms: draw back, withdraw (obsolete) To call back to mind. Synonyms: recollect, remember late 1600s-early 1700s, Robert South, Sermon on Proverbs 18.14 in Sermons Preached on Several Occasions, Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1823, p. 132,[2] A man, by revoking and recollecting within himself former passages, will be still apt to inculcate these sad memoirs to his conscience. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== revocation ==== Translations ==== === Noun === revoke (plural revokes) The act of revoking in a game of cards. A renege; a violation of important rules regarding the play of tricks in trick-taking card games serious enough to render the round invalid. A violation ranked in seriousness somewhat below overt cheating, with the status of a more minor offense only because, when it happens, it is usually accidental. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === evoker