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Definitions for: Revoke
[n] the mistake of not following suit when able to do so
[v] annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
[v] fail to follow suit in a card game when able and required to do so
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
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.
Re*voke", n. (Card Playing)
The act of revoking.
She [Sarah Battle] never made a revoke. --Lamb.
Synonyms: annul, countermand, lift, overturn, renege, repeal, rescind, reverse, vacate
See Also: cancel, card game, cards, error, fault, go back on, mistake, play, renege, renege on, renegue on, strike down
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