revoke
/ɹɪˈvoʊk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Your driver's license will be revoked."
- "I hereby revoke all former wills."
- "1539, Myles Coverdale et al., (translators), Great Bible, London: Thomas Berthelet, 1540, deuterocanonical addition to the Book of Esther, heading to Chapter 16, The Copye of the letters of Arthaxerses, wherby he reuoketh those which he fyrst sende forth."
- "[…] If, on the tenth day following, Thy banish’d trunk be found in our dominions, The moment is thy death. Away! By Jupiter, This shall not be revok’d."
- "I formd them free, and free they must remain, Till they enthrall themselves: I else must change Thir nature, and revoke the high Decree Unchangeable, Eternal, which ordain’d Thir freedom,"
- "They had just sat down at the bridge table, and Mrs Lackersteen had just revoked out of pure nervousness, when there was a heavy thump on the roof."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French révoquer, from Latin revocare, from re- + voco, vocare. Doublet of revocate.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *wekʷ-, révoquer, revocare
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹɪˈvoʊk/
- British English: /ɹɪˈvəʊk/