Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

avoke

/əˈvəʊk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: avoke
IPA: /əˈvəʊk/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To call back again or revoke

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"And after our long communication and reasoning in the King's Highness Cause, which, at length, we have written to your Grace in our common Letter, for a confirmation of many inconveniences and dangers which we perswaded to his Holiness, to follow both to himself and to the See Apostolick, in case his Holiness should avoke the cause; […]"

Etymology

Compare avocate. Ultimately from Latin āvōcō, āvōcāre.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: avoco

Usage

Inflected Forms

avokes (present, singular) avoking (participle, present) avoked (participle, past) avoked (past)

Frequently Paired Words

advoke

Rhymes With

broke joke smoke spoke stroke woke folk oak coke sport one's oak stoke choke

Questions

How do you pronounce avoke?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈvəʊk/.
What does avoke mean?: To call back again or revoke
Where does avoke come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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