From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.]
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The faint sprite he did revoke again,
To her frail mansion of morality. --Spenser.
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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.
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3. 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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4. To draw back; to withdraw. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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5. 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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