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to revoke
01
to officially cancel or withdraw something, such as a law, a decision, a license, or a privilege
Transitive: to revoke a law or decision
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
revoke
3rd person singular
revokes
Past simple
revoked
Past participle
revoked
Examples
The board of directors voted unanimously to revoke the CEO's authority following a series of financial scandals.
02
to fail to follow suit when a player should have, violating the rules of the card game being played
Intransitive
Examples
He accidentally revoked by playing a spade instead of following the suit.
Revoke
01
the failure to follow suit despite having a card of the suit led
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Plural form
revokes
