revoke
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -əʊk
Verb [edit]
revoke (third-person singular simple present revokes, present participle revoking, simple past and past participle revoked)
- (transitive) To cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or reversing
- Your driver's license will be revoked.
- (intransitive) To fail to follow suit in a game of cards when holding a card in that suit.
Translations [edit]
To cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or reversing
Noun [edit]
revoke (plural revokes)
- The act of revoking in a game of cards.
- A renege; a violation of important rules regarding the play of tricks in trick-taking card games serious enough to render the round invalid.
- A violation ranked in seriousness somewhat below overt cheating, with the status of a more minor offense only because, when it happens, it is usually accidental.