English-Thai Dictionary

revoke

VT เพิกถอน  ยกเลิก  abrogate cancel poek-ton

 

revoke

VT เรียกตัว กลับ  countermand summon back riak-tua-kab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REVOKE

v.t.[L. revoco; re and voco, to call. ] 1. To recall; to repeal; to reverse. A law, decree or sentence is revoked by the same authority which enacted or passed it. A charter or grant which vests rights in a corporation, cannot be legally revoked without the consent of the corporation. A devise may be revoked by the devisor, a use by the grantor, and a will be the testator.
2. To check; to repress; as, to revoke rage. [Not in use. ]
3. To draw back.
Seas are troubled when they do revoke their flowing waves into themselves again. [Unusual. ]

 

REVOKE

v.i.To renounce at cards.

 

REVOKE

n.The act of renouncing at cards.

 

REVOKED

pp. Repealed; reversed.

 

REVOKEMENT

n.Revocation; reversal. [Little used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

REVOKE

Re *voke ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Revoked; p. pr. & vb. n. Revoking. ]Etym: [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. ] 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.

 

REVOKE

REVOKE Re *voke ", v. i. (Card Playing )

 

Defn: To fail to follow suit when holding a card of the suit led, in violation of the rule of the game; to renege. Hoyle.

 

REVOKE

REVOKE Re *voke ", n. (Card Playing )

 

Defn: The act of revoking. She [Sarah Battle ] never made a revoke. Lamb.

 

REVOKEMENT

REVOKEMENT Re *voke "ment, n.

 

Defn: Revocation. [R.] Shak.

 

REVOKER

REVOKER Re *vok "er, n.

 

Defn: One who revokes.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

revoke

re voke |riˈvōk rəˈvoʊk | ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] put an end to the validity or operation of (a decree, decision, or promise ): the men appealed and the sentence was revoked. 2 [ no obj. ] (in bridge, whist, and other card games ) fail to follow suit despite being able to do so. DERIVATIVES rev o ca tion |ˌrevəˈkāSHən, riˌvō - |noun, rev o ca to ry |ˈrevəkəˌtôrē, riˈvōkə - |adjective, re vok er noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French revoquer or Latin revocare, from re- ‘back ’ + vocare ‘to call. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

revoke

re ¦voke |rɪˈvəʊk | ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] officially cancel (a decree, decision, or promise ): the men appealed and the sentence was revoked. 2 [ no obj. ] (in bridge, whist, and other card games ) fail to follow suit despite being able to do so. DERIVATIVES revocation |rɛvəˈkeɪʃ (ə )n |noun, revocatory |ˈrɛvəkət (ə )ri |adjective, revoker noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French revoquer or Latin revocare, from re- ‘back ’ + vocare ‘to call ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

revoke

revoke verb their liquor license was revoked: cancel, repeal, rescind, reverse, annul, nullify, void, invalidate, countermand, retract, withdraw, overrule, override; Law vacate; formal abrogate.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

revoke

revoke verb the Board has the power to revoke the licence of a bank: cancel, repeal, rescind, reverse, abrogate, annul, nullify, declare null and void, make void, void, invalidate, render invalid, quash, abolish, set aside, countermand, retract, withdraw, overrule, override; Law vacate, avoid; archaic recall; rare disannul. ANTONYMS introduce, enact; ratify.

 

Duden Dictionary

Revoke

Re voke Substantiv, feminin , die |rɪˈvoʊk |die Revoke; Genitiv: der Revoke, Plural: die Revokes lateinisch-französisch -englisch versehentlich falsches Bedienen bei Kartenspielen

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

revoke

re voke /rɪvóʊk /動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠〈当局が 〉〈免許 決定 法律など 〉を無効にする, 廃止する .自動詞 〘トランプ 〙(台札と同種の札を持ちながら )わざと別種の札を出す 〘反則行為 〙.名詞 C 〘トランプ 〙わざと別種の札を出すこと .