Re‐voke″ (?), 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.
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.
still strove their sudden rages to revoke. Spenser.
4. To draw back; to withdraw. Spenser.
5. To call back to mind; to recollect.
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.