Re-vōke'1, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. REVOKED (re-vōkt'); p. pr. & vb. n. REVOKING.] [Fr. révoquer. See REVOCATE.]
Sense 1. To call back; to recall. [Obs.]
Her knees revoked their first strength, and her feet Were borne above the ground with wings. Chapman.
The faint sprite he did revoke again. Spencer.
Sense 2. Hence, to annul by recalling or taking back; to repeal; to annul; to reverse, as any thing granted by a special act; as, to revoke a will, a license, a grant, a permission, a law, and the like.
Sense 3. To hold back; to repress; to restrain. [Obs.]
She strove their sudden rages to revoke. Spencer.
Sense 4. To draw back. [Rare.]
Seas are troubled when they do revoke Their flowing waves into themselves again. Davies.
Sense 5. To call back to mind; to recollect. [Obs.]
A man, by revoking and recollecting within himself former passages, will be apt still to inculcate these sad memoirs to his conscience. South.
Synonyms—To abolish; recall; repeal; rescind; countermand; annul; abrogate; cancel; reverse. See ABOLISH.