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/
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-ing form revoking
🔊/rɪˈvəʊkɪŋ/
🔊/rɪˈvəʊkɪŋ/
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  1. revoke something to officially cancel something so that it is no longer legally acceptable取消;废除;使无效
    • Your licence may be revoked at any time.你的执照随时可能被吊销。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryRevoke is used with these nouns as the object:
    • authorization
    • bail
    • charter
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French revoquer or Latin revocare, from re- ‘back’ + vocare ‘to call’.