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   Revoke , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Revoked ;p. pr. & vb. n. Revoking.] [F. révoquer, L. revocare; pref. re- re- + vocare to call, fr. vox, vocis, voice. See Voice, and cf. Revocate.]
   To call or bring back; to recall. [Obs.]
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   The faint sprite he did revoke again,
   To her frail mansion of morality.
   Spenser.
   
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   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.
   
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   To hold back; to repress; to restrain. [Obs.]
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   [She] still strove their sudden rages to revoke.
   Spenser.
   
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   To draw back; to withdraw. [Obs.]
   Spenser.
   
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   To call back to mind; to recollect. [Obs.]
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   A man, by revoking and recollecting within himself former passages, will be still apt to inculcate these sad memoris to his conscience.
   South.
   
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   Syn. -- To abolish; recall; repeal; rescind; countermand; annul; abrogate; cancel; reverse. See Abolish.
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   Revoke , 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.
   
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   Revoke, n. (Card Playing) The act of revoking.
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   She [Sarah Battle] never made a revoke.
   Lamb.
   
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