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Revoking

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.]

    The faint sprite he did revoke again, To her frail mansion of morality.
    --Spenser.

  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.

  3. To hold back; to repress; to restrain. [Obs.]

    [She] still strove their sudden rages to revoke.
    --Spenser.

  4. To draw back; to withdraw. [Obs.]
    --Spenser.

  5. To call back to mind; to recollect. [Obs.]

    A man, by revoking and recollecting within himself former passages, will be still apt to inculcate these sad memoris to his conscience.
    --South.

    Syn: To abolish; recall; repeal; rescind; countermand; annul; abrogate; cancel; reverse. See Abolish.

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vb. (present participle of revoke English)

Usage examples of "revoking".

If I made my suspicions obvious to Deputy Chief Taverner - for example, by revoking his clear ances and authorizations - he would certainly do his utmost to protect himself.