Definition of revoke
- v. t. - To call or bring back; to recall.
- v. t. - 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.
- v. t. - To hold back; to repress; to restrain.
- v. t. - To draw back; to withdraw.
- v. t. - To call back to mind; to recollect.
- v. i. - To fail to follow suit when holding a card of the suit
led, in violation of the rule of the game; to renege.
- n. - The act of revoking.