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. ] 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 ]