revoked

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revoked - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.]
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              The faint sprite he did revoke again,
              To her frail mansion of morality.     --Spenser.
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     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.
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     3. To hold back; to repress; to restrain. [Obs.]
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              [She] still strove their sudden rages to revoke.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     4. To draw back; to withdraw. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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     5. To call back to mind; to recollect. [Obs.]
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              A man, by revoking and recollecting within himself
              former passages, will be still apt to inculcate
              these sad memoris to his conscience.  --South.
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     Syn: To abolish; recall; repeal; rescind; countermand; annul;
          abrogate; cancel; reverse. See Abolish.
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