English Explanatory Dictionary

revoke

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or reversing.
  2. To fail to follow suit in a game of cards when holding a card in that suit.
  3. To call or bring back.
  4. To hold back.
  5. To move (something) back or away.
  6. To call back to mind.
noun
  1. The act of revoking in a game of cards.
  2. A renege; a violation of important rules regarding the play of tricks in trick-taking card games serious enough to render the round invalid.
  3. 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.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈvoʊk/ /ɹɪˈvəʊk/ /rɪˈvəʊk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-revoke.wav

Word forms

revoke revokes revoking revoked

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French révoquer, from Latin revocare, from re- + voco, vocare. Doublet of revocate.

Synonyms

recall repress restrain draw back withdraw recollect remember

Related words

revocation

Derived words

irrevocable nonrevoked nonrevoking re-revoke revocable revokable revokement revoker revokingly unrevoked
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