'Revoke' definitions:
Definition of 'revoke'
From: WordNet
noun
The mistake of not following suit when able to do so [syn: revoke, renege]
verb
Fail to follow suit when able and required to do so
verb
Definition of 'Revoke'
From: GCIDE
- Revoke \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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Revoke'
From: GCIDE
- Revoke \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.] [1913 Webster]
- The faint sprite he did revoke again, To her frail mansion of morality. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To hold back; to repress; to restrain. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- [She] still strove their sudden rages to revoke. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To draw back; to withdraw. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To call back to mind; to recollect. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- A man, by revoking and recollecting within himself former passages, will be still apt to inculcate these sad memoris to his conscience. --South. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To abolish; recall; repeal; rescind; countermand; annul; abrogate; cancel; reverse. See Abolish. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Revoke'
From: GCIDE
- Revoke \Re*voke"\, n. (Card Playing) The act of revoking. [1913 Webster]
- She [Sarah Battle] never made a revoke. --Lamb. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'revoke'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abjure,
- abolish,
- abrogate,
- annihilate,
- annul,
- assert the contrary,
- back down,
- back out,
- backwater,
- belie,
- bring to naught,
- cancel,
- cite,
- climb down,
- contest,
- contradict,
- contravene,
- controvert,
- counter,
- countermand,
- counterorder,
- crawfish out,
- cross,
- deny,
- disaffirm,
- disallow,
- disannul,
- disavow,
- disclaim,
- dismantle,
- disown,
- disprove,
- dispute,
- do away with,
- eat crow,
- eat humble pie,
- erase,
- expunge,
- forswear,
- gainsay,
- impugn,
- invalidate,
- join issue upon,
- lift,
- make void,
- negate,
- negative,
- not accept,
- not admit,
- nullify,
- oppose,
- override,
- overrule,
- quash,
- recall,
- recant,
- recollect,
- refuse to admit,
- refute,
- remember,
- remind,
- reminisce,
- renege,
- renounce,
- repeal,
- repudiate,
- rescind,
- retain,
- retract,
- retrospect,
- reverse,
- revive,
- set aside,
- suspend,
- swallow,
- take back,
- take issue with,
- undo,
- unsay,
- vacate,
- veto,
- void,
- waive,
- withdraw,
- write off