revocableadj.

Brit.

/ˈrɛvəkəbl/,

/rᵻˈvəʊkəbl/, U.S.

/ˈrɛvəkəb(ə)l/,

/rəˈvoʊkəb(ə)l/,

/riˈvoʊkəb(ə)l/

Forms: late Middle English–1600s reuocable, 1600s– revocable; Scottish pre-1700 revocabill, pre-1700 revocable.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French revocable.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French revocable (French révocable ) capable of being revoked or recalled (1275 in Old French with reference to an act of gifting, c1500 with reference to the installation of a person in an office) < classical Latin revocābilis that may be brought back or recalled, (of a decree) capable of being revoked or retracted < revocāre revoke v. + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare Spanish revocable (c1250, earliest in non revocablement irrevocably), Italian revocabile (a1394; rare before 17th cent.; also †rivocabile ). Compare earlier irrevocable adj. and unrevocable adj., and later revokable adj.

Capable of being revoked or recalled.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > [adjective] > capable of revocation

abatablec1430

revocablea1500

abrogable?1550

revokable1584

abolishable1660

cancellable1675

a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 35 (MED) Your reigne here beneth is nothing ellis but a commission reuocable at the pleasure and conseile of above.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 391 The Prelates..were of lyke opinion..that it [sc. a charter] was reuocable.

1578 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. III. 48 All the saidis alienationis..quhilkis of the law ar revocabill.

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 2 The decree of God had been absolute, and so not revocable.

1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 237 in Justice Vindicated Any Grant or Lease..not revocable at the will and pleasure of the offender.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. lxi. 287 Give me leave to chide you..for your rash, and I hope revocable resolution.

1786 E. Burke Articles of Charge against W. Hastings 4th Apr. 375 Hastings..did maintain, that the acts done in consequence of that measure were not revocable by any subsequent authority.

1841 W. E. Gladstone State Relations with Church (ed. 4) I. iv. 200 Where the clergy are supported by annual and revocable votes.

1862 M. Hopkins Hawaii 324 Under the former tenure, all lands, to whomsoever donated, were revocable at will.

1919 Jrnl. Compar. Legislation & Internat. Law 1 177 Mandate was..revocable at the will of the mandant.

1956 P. O'Brian Golden Ocean ii. 34 He knew that it was not a general commission, but a particular and a revocable appointment.

2002 R. Goldstein Attack Queers i. 2 The Supreme Court has yet to recognize a constitutional right to be gay, and so our civil rights are revocable to an alarming degree.

Derivatives

ˈrevocableness n. now rare

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > [noun] > capability of being revoked

revocableness1645

revocability1776

1645 C. Culpeper Let. 16 Apr. in 17th-cent. Polit. & Financial Papers (1996) 219 Soe may they..resolue the reuocablenes or irrevocablenes of the whole gouernemente.

a1711 R. Bulstrode Mem. Reign Charles I & Charles II (1721) 180 Supposing it was true, the Revocableness does not follow.

1866 Victoria Mag. Nov. 4 The revocableness of conventual vows was another topic.

1924 Fisheries of Alaska (Hearings before U.S. House Merchant Marine & Fisheries Comm., 68th Congr., 1st Sess.) 203 There is no question about the revocableness. The Government..can wipe them [sc. fishing permits] out in a minute.

ˈrevocably adv. [originally after post-classical Latin revocabiliter (1646 in the passage translated in quot. 1654); compare earlier irrevocably adv.]

ΚΠ

1654 C. Barksdale tr. H. Grotius Of Law of Warre & Peace i. xlvii. 104 Every act of such Kings may be rendred void by these that have given them a power revocably [L. revocabiliter].

1768 J. Brown Sacred Tropol. ii. ii. 78 Peace thou hast given us; not sparingly, not revocably, as the world giveth.

1878 Contemp. Rev. July 793 It was a general custom to make appointments to benefices years in advance, provisionally or revocably.

2000 A. G. Amsterdam & J. Bruner Minding Law vi. 175 What a speaker says in legal discourse needs to be made only reasonably and revocably clear to the hearer.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	revocable
释义	revocableadj. Brit. /ˈrɛvəkəbl/, /rᵻˈvəʊkəbl/, U.S. /ˈrɛvəkəb(ə)l/, /rəˈvoʊkəb(ə)l/, /riˈvoʊkəb(ə)l/ Forms: late Middle English–1600s reuocable, 1600s– revocable; Scottish pre-1700 revocabill, pre-1700 revocable. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French revocable. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French revocable (French révocable ) capable of being revoked or recalled (1275 in Old French with reference to an act of gifting, c1500 with reference to the installation of a person in an office) < classical Latin revocābilis that may be brought back or recalled, (of a decree) capable of being revoked or retracted < revocāre revoke v. + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare Spanish revocable (c1250, earliest in non revocablement irrevocably), Italian revocabile (a1394; rare before 17th cent.; also †rivocabile ). Compare earlier irrevocable adj. and unrevocable adj., and later revokable adj. Capable of being revoked or recalled. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > [adjective] > capable of revocation abatablec1430 revocablea1500 abrogable?1550 revokable1584 abolishable1660 cancellable1675 a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 35 (MED) Your reigne here beneth is nothing ellis but a commission reuocable at the pleasure and conseile of above. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 391 The Prelates..were of lyke opinion..that it [sc. a charter] was reuocable. 1578 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. III. 48 All the saidis alienationis..quhilkis of the law ar revocabill. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 2 The decree of God had been absolute, and so not revocable. 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 237 in Justice Vindicated Any Grant or Lease..not revocable at the will and pleasure of the offender. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. lxi. 287 Give me leave to chide you..for your rash, and I hope revocable resolution. 1786 E. Burke Articles of Charge against W. Hastings 4th Apr. 375 Hastings..did maintain, that the acts done in consequence of that measure were not revocable by any subsequent authority. 1841 W. E. Gladstone State Relations with Church (ed. 4) I. iv. 200 Where the clergy are supported by annual and revocable votes. 1862 M. Hopkins Hawaii 324 Under the former tenure, all lands, to whomsoever donated, were revocable at will. 1919 Jrnl. Compar. Legislation & Internat. Law 1 177 Mandate was..revocable at the will of the mandant. 1956 P. O'Brian Golden Ocean ii. 34 He knew that it was not a general commission, but a particular and a revocable appointment. 2002 R. Goldstein Attack Queers i. 2 The Supreme Court has yet to recognize a constitutional right to be gay, and so our civil rights are revocable to an alarming degree. Derivatives ˈrevocableness n. now rare ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > [noun] > capability of being revoked revocableness1645 revocability1776 1645 C. Culpeper Let. 16 Apr. in 17th-cent. Polit. & Financial Papers (1996) 219 Soe may they..resolue the reuocablenes or irrevocablenes of the whole gouernemente. a1711 R. Bulstrode Mem. Reign Charles I & Charles II (1721) 180 Supposing it was true, the Revocableness does not follow. 1866 Victoria Mag. Nov. 4 The revocableness of conventual vows was another topic. 1924 Fisheries of Alaska (Hearings before U.S. House Merchant Marine & Fisheries Comm., 68th Congr., 1st Sess.) 203 There is no question about the revocableness. The Government..can wipe them [sc. fishing permits] out in a minute. ˈrevocably adv. [originally after post-classical Latin revocabiliter (1646 in the passage translated in quot. 1654); compare earlier irrevocably adv.] ΚΠ 1654 C. Barksdale tr. H. Grotius Of Law of Warre & Peace i. xlvii. 104 Every act of such Kings may be rendred void by these that have given them a power revocably [L. revocabiliter]. 1768 J. Brown Sacred Tropol. ii. ii. 78 Peace thou hast given us; not sparingly, not revocably, as the world giveth. 1878 Contemp. Rev. July 793 It was a general custom to make appointments to benefices years in advance, provisionally or revocably. 2000 A. G. Amsterdam & J. Bruner Minding Law vi. 175 What a speaker says in legal discourse needs to be made only reasonably and revocably clear to the hearer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1500
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