revoke
verb /rɪˈvəʊk/
/rɪˈvəʊk/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they revoke | /rɪˈvəʊk/ /rɪˈvəʊk/ |
| he / she / it revokes | /rɪˈvəʊks/ /rɪˈvəʊks/ |
| past simple revoked | /rɪˈvəʊkt/ /rɪˈvəʊkt/ |
| past participle revoked | /rɪˈvəʊkt/ /rɪˈvəʊkt/ |
| -ing form revoking | /rɪˈvəʊkɪŋ/ /rɪˈvəʊkɪŋ/ |
- revoke something to officially cancel something so that it is no longer legally acceptable
- Your licence may be revoked at any time.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRevoke is used with these nouns as the object:- authorization
- bail
- charter
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French revoquer or Latin revocare, from re- ‘back’ + vocare ‘to call’.