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One that saw the people bent for the revocation of Calvin, gave him notice of their affection.

Hooker.

2. The act by which one, having the right, annuls an act done, a power or authority given, or a license, gift, or benefit conferred; repeal; reversal; as, the revocation of an edict, a power, a will, or a license.

Rev"o**ca*to*ry (?), a. [L. revocatorius: cf. F. révocatoire.] Of or pertaining to revocation; tending to, or involving, a revocation; revoking; recalling.

Re*voice" (?), v. t. To refurnish with a voice; to refit, as an organ pipe, so as to restore its tone.

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. [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.]

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.

Re*voke" (?), v. i. (Card Playing) To fail to follow suit when holding a card of the suit led, in violation of the rule of the game; to renege. Hoyle.

Re*voke", n. (Card Playing) The act of revoking.

She [Sarah Battle] never made a revoke.

Lamb.

Re*voke"ment (?), n. Revocation. [R.] Shak.

Re*vok"er (?), n. One who revokes.

Re*vok"ing*ly, adv. By way of revocation.

Re*volt" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Revolted; p. pr. & vb. n. Revolting.] [Cf. F. révoller, It. rivoltare. See Revolt, n.] 1. To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.

But this got by casting pearl to hogs, That bawl for freedom in their senseless mood, And still revolt when trith would set them free.

Milton.

HIs clear intelligence revolted from the dominant sophisms of that time.