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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.]
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}.
- Wilson argued that revoking the decision to suspend Mean's license would send the wrong message to teen-agers in similar situations.
- The Union of Concerned Scientists, long critical of commercial nuclear safety and the Babcock & Wilcox plants specifically, recommended closing the plants and revoking construction permits for two others until major safety-related changes are made.
- The process of revoking an order is easier, and could happen at any time if the situation changes, they said.
- Jiang warned that revoking China's trade concessions would "work against the interests of our two countries" and those of the entire southeast Asian region.
- In an order filed late Wednesday in Richmond, Va., 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge William Wilkins stayed a lower court ruling revoking PTL's tax exemption.
- The few communities that have successfully enforced the laws have done so by licensing tobacco vendors, suspending and revoking licenses, banning or restricting vending machines and using "stings" to identify illegal sales, the report said.
- In revoking Symbion's approval, the FDA said it had found "serious deficiencies" in manufacturing quality control, monitoring of research sites, servicing of equipment, training of personnel and reporting of adverse reactions to FDA.
- The measure was the nation's first anti-truancy law to include revoking teen-agers' drivers licenses.
- The Mexican government rejected as meddling in its domestic affairs a U.S. Senate vote revoking President Reagan's certification that Mexico was doing its part to combat drug trafficking.
- There are plenty of legitimate ways to protect whistle-blowers, but revoking separation of powers is not one of them.
- The justices blocked Georgia from revoking a land grant and invalidated a New York bankruptcy law that discharged a debt.
- After pressure from conservationists, environment secretary Nicholas Ridley said he would consider revoking planning permission for the bypass, which would cut through a bog on the royal estate that is home to the moth.
- President Fernando Collor de Mello proposed a sweeping development plan, with ideas ranging from taxing Brazil's rich to revoking restrictions on foreign investment.
- A federal magistrate ordered Wednesday that Sessions must say whether he had anything to do with revoking Buttino's security clearance.
- In revoking Blum's license, DMV officials said Blum was guilty of leaving the scene of a personal injury accident, operating a motor vehicle at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent, and following too closely.
- At the Central Committee meeting that ended Wednesday, the party did just that, approving President Mikhail S. Gorbachev's platform of revoking the power monopoly in favor of a multi-party system.
- If the certificate is granted, the liquor authority has the choice of suspending or revoking the license, or doing nothing, Chernela said.
- Democrats agreed that the tax law needs revamping, but said revoking it would be a mistake.
- The grounds for revoking the visa were that Mr. Parretti had lied about what the INS called his "extensive" criminal record in Italy.
- Henderson ruled that revoking the tax exempt status would cause taxes to be assessed only against taxpayers who contribute to PTL _ contributors who are not debtors in bankruptcy.
- In his testimony yesterday, Mr. Shultz said the Reagan administration is considering revoking or limiting passports to discourage U.S. citizens still in Lebanon from remaining there.