Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-VOKE, v.t. [Fr. revoquer; L. revoco; re and voco, to call.]

1. To recall; to repeal; to reverse. A law, decree or sentence is revoked by the same authority which enacted or passed it. A charter or grant which vests rights in a corporation, can not be legally revoked without the consent of the corporation. A devise may be revoked by the devisor, a use by the grantor, and a will by the testator.
2. To check; to repress; as, to revoke rage. [Not in use.] – Spenser.
3. To draw back. Seas are troubled when they do revoke / Their flowing waves into themselves again. – Davies. [Unusual.]