What does Revoke mean?

Definitions for Revoke
rɪˈvoʊkre·voke

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. revoke, renegeverb

    the mistake of not following suit when able to do so

  2. revokeverb

    fail to follow suit when able and required to do so

  3. revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacateverb

    cancel officially

    "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"

Wiktionary

  1. revokenoun

    The act of revoking in a game of cards.

  2. revokenoun

    A renege; a violation of important rules regarding the play of tricks in trick-taking card games serious enough to render the round invalid.

  3. revokenoun

    A violation ranked in seriousness somewhat below overt cheating, with the status of a more minor offense only because, when it happens, it is usually accidental.

  4. revokeverb

    To cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or reversing

    Your driver's license will be revoked.

  5. revokeverb

    To fail to follow suit in a game of cards

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To REVOKEverb

    Etymology: revoquer, Fr. revoco, Lat.

    That society hath before consented, without revoking the same after. Richard Hooker, b. i. s. 10.

    When we abrogate a law as being ill made, the whole cause for which it was made still remaining, do we not herein revoke our very own deed, and upbraid ourselves with folly, yea all that were makers of it with oversight and error. Hook.

    What reason is there, but that those grants and privileges should be revoked, or reduced to the first intention. Edmund Spenser.

    Without my Aurengzebe I cannot live;
    Revoke his doom, or else my sentence give. Dryden.

    She strove their sudden rages to revoke,
    That at the last suppressing fury mad,
    They ’gan abstain. Fairy Queen, b. ii.

    Shame were to revoke
    The forward footing for an hidden shade. Fairy Queen.

    Seas are troubled, when they do revoke
    Their flowing waves into themselves again. Davies.

Wikipedia

  1. Revoke

    In trick-taking card games, a revoke (or renege, or ) is a violation of the rules regarding the play of tricks serious enough to render the round invalid. A revoke is a violation ranked in seriousness somewhat below overt cheating, and is considered a minor offense when unintentional. Trick-taking games normally have several rules regarding which cards may and may not be played to a trick. For example, most games require a player to follow suit or play in the suit led, if possible. Rules of this sort are sometimes called "honor rules", because there is no way to detect a violation at the moment of its commission. However, the irregularity will normally be discovered later, and there are usually strict penalties for revokes.

ChatGPT

  1. revoke

    To revoke means to officially cancel, withdraw, or reverse a decision, right, or privilege previously granted. It can involve anything like a law, agreement, license, or legal contract.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Revokeverb

    to call or bring back; to recall

  2. Revokeverb

    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

  3. Revokeverb

    to hold back; to repress; to restrain

  4. Revokeverb

    to draw back; to withdraw

  5. Revokeverb

    to call back to mind; to recollect

  6. Revokeverb

    to fail to follow suit when holding a card of the suit led, in violation of the rule of the game; to renege

  7. Revokenoun

    the act of revoking

Wikidata

  1. Revoke

    To annul by withdrawing. In trick-taking card games, a revoke is a violation of important rules regarding the play of tricks serious enough to render the round invalid. A revoke is a violation ranked in seriousness somewhat below overt cheating, with the status of a more minor offense only because, when it happens, it is usually accidental. Trick-taking games normally have several rules regarding which cards may and may not be played to a trick. For example, most games require a player to follow suit or play in the suit led, if possible. Rules of this sort are sometimes called "honor rules", because there is no way to detect a violation at the moment of its commission. However, the irregularity will normally be discovered later, and there are usually strict penalties for revokes. Some "honor rules" in different trick-taking games ⁕Spades, Euchre and 500 require that players play to the suit led, unless void in it. ⁕Hearts requires that players follow the suit led. In some variants, a player holding the Queen of Spades and void in the led suit is required to play it. ⁕Pinochle requires players to ⁕play to the led suit unless void in it, with a potentially winning card if possible;if void in the led suit, trump with a potentially winning card;if unable to do any of those things, play anything.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Revoke

    rē-vōk′, v.t. to annul by recalling: to repeal: to reverse: to neglect to follow suit (at cards).—n. revocation, recall: act of revoking at cards.—adj. Rev′ocable, that may be revoked.—ns. Rev′ocableness, Revocabil′ity.—adv. Rev′ocably.—n. Revocā′tion, a recalling: repeal: reversal.—adj. Rev′ocātory.—n. Revoke′ment (Shak.), revocation.—Revocation of the edict of Nantes, the taking away by Louis IV., in 1685, of the Huguenot privileges granted by Henry IV. in 1598. [Fr.,—L. revocārere-, back, vocāre, to call.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Revoke in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Revoke in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Revoke in a Sentence

  1. Essure Problems:

    We are outraged that it appears as if the FDA is going to leave Essure on the market, take the device OFF the market and revoke PMA [premarket approval]. Do not continue to allow more women to be harmed.

  2. Greece Eduardo Moura:

    The ruling in favor of (Eldorado subsidiary) Hellas Gold is the result of a lawsuit we filed months ago, it doesn't allow us to start activities in Halkidiki but it undermines the argument that the ministry used to revoke our permits.

  3. Rina Herlina Sari:

    The government should revoke their permits.

  4. Zhao Lijian:

    This is a typical hegemonic action. China strongly deplores and firmly opposes it, china urges the United States to immediately correct its mistakes, revoke the relevant sanctions and stop suppressing Chinese enterprises and smearing China.

  5. President Trump:

    Last week, a very dumb Democrat candidate for president -- thats the end of him in this state -- pledged to revoke the tax-exempt status of many churches and religious charities, and by the way, that was after, a few weeks ago, he said, Excuse me, were gon na take your guns away.

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