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revocable, a.|ˈrɛvəkəb(ə)l|
[a. OF. revocable (mod.F. révocable, = Sp. revocable, Pg. -avel, It. re-, rivocabile), or ad. L. revocābilis: see revoke v. and -able, and cf. revokable.]
Capable of being revoked or recalled.
a1471Fortescue Wks. (1869) 484 Nothyng ellys but a commyssion revocable atte pleasir. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 391 The Prelates were of lyke opinion,..that it [a charter] was reuocable. 1578Reg. Privy Council Scot. III. 48 All the saidis alienationis..quhilkis of the law ar revocabill. 1612T. Taylor Comm. Titus i. 2 The decree of God had been absolute, and so not revocable. 1660R. Coke Power & Subj. 237 Any Grant or Lease..not revocable at the will and pleasure of the offender. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) III. 324 Give me leave to chide you..for your rash, and I hope revocable resolution. 1786Burke Art. agst. W. Hastings Wks. 1842 II. 212 Hastings..did maintain, that the acts done in consequence of that measure were not revocable by any subsequent authority. 1841Gladstone State in Rel. to Church iv. (ed. 4) I. 200 Where the clergy are supported by annual and revocable votes. 1884Law Times LXXVIII. 170/1 The deed having been executed by several creditors is not..revocable by the debtor.
Hence ˈrevocableness. Also ˈrevocably adv. ‘in a revocable manner’ (Webster, 1847).
1695Def. Vindic. Deprived Bps. 97 [It] is expressly mentioned, even in our Modern Contracts,..purposely to prevent their revocableness. 1866Victoria Mag. Nov. 4 The revocableness of conventual vows was another topic. |