单词 | revocative |
释义 | revocativeadj. Now rare. That revokes or recalls someone or something; revocatory. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > retention in the mind > [adjective] > having a good memory memorative1481 retentive1589 revocative1654 recollective1738 1654 M. Stevenson Occasions Off-spring 115 Despaire, and dye, hope no revocative day, Since thou art banisht into Scythia. 1686 tr. J. Claude Acct. Persecutions Protestants in France 34 These slie and equivocal Declarations, Counter-Orders, and revocative Edicts. 1787 tr. G. Balsamo in Life of Count Cagliostro 99 I could not with prudence return to France, without having in my possession a lettre de cachét revocative of the first. 1835 T. Wade Mundi et Cordis 92 O, for a law Of the dead Past revocative! 1847 W. H. Humphreys Rep. Supreme Court Tennessee 7 203 Such a contract is valid, unless its invalidity..be judicially declared in the direct revocative action. 1915 A. MacLeish Let. (1983) 16 You will note a certain careless fluidity i'the paper revocative of Mr. Racket's best conversations. 1988 P. Coertzen Huguenots of South Afr. i. 36/2 There is often uncertainty about the date on which the revocative edict was promulgated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1654 |
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