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Look up: revoke

  1. revoke
    [n] - the mistake of not following suit when able to do so 2. [v] - fail to follow suit in a card game when able and required to do so 3. [v] - annul by recalling or rescinding
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Revoke
    Re·voke' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Revoked ; present participle & verbal noun Revoking .] [ French révoquer , Latin revocare ; prefix re- re- + <...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/73

  3. Revoke
    Re·voke' intransitive verb (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.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/73

  4. Revoke
    Re·voke' noun (Card Playing) The act of revoking. « She [ Sarah Battle] never made a revoke Lamb.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/73

  5. revoke
    renege noun the mistake of not following suit when able to do so
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. revoke
    to say officially that a rule or law is no longer in effect
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  7. Revoke
    • (v. t.) To call back to mind; to recollect. • (v. t.) To hold back; to repress; to restrain. • (n.) The act of revoking. • (v. i.) To fail to follow suit when holding a card of the suit led, in violation of the rule of the game; to renege. • (v. t.) Hence, to annul, by rec...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. revoke
    revoke 1. To annul, or to make void, by recalling or taking back; to cancel, rescind, repeal, or reverse. 2. To cancel an act, particularly a statement, document, or promise; as if it no longer existed. A person can revoke a will, or revoke an offer, to enter into a contract, and a government agency can revoke a license.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  9. Revoke
    (v) Revoke is the action by which a statute, law, order, promise, agreement, contract etc are nullified before it is implemented and the original position is restored. For example a government revokes a license issued to a firm to deal in beverages before expiry of the license period
    Found on http://www.legal-explanations.com/defini

  10. revoke
    v. to annul or cancel an act, particularly a statement, document or promise, as if it no longer existed. Thus, a person can revoke a will or revoke an offer to enter into a contract, and a government agency can revoke a license.
    Found on http://dictionary.law.com/Default.xhtml?

  11. Revoke
    In card games to revoke is the foul play of failing to follow suit when one does have to follow suit.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  12. Revoke
    To fail to follow suit when holding a card of the suit led.
    Found on http://www.acolbridgeclub.com/index.php?

  13. Revoke
    To annul by withdrawing. In trick-taking card games, a `revoke` (or `renege`) 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 offens...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revoke



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