revoke

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The penalty for the revoke is the most severe in Auction, many think it unreasonably so, and a player is unquestionably entitled to every protection the law affords him The decision, therefore, is that, under the conditions named, the question may be asked CASE 10 With three tricks to play, the Declarer throws his cards face upward on the table, claiming the remaining tricks.

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  1. transitive verb To void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing: Her license was revoked.
  2. intransitive verb Games To fail to follow suit in cards when required and able to do so.
  3. noun Games Failure to follow suit in a card game when required and able to do so.

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  • The decision to revoke is final and under the Act cannot be questioned "by any court or any ground whatsoever". —  Malaysiakini
  • Presumably, Obama will revoke or substantially revise the current order, Executive Order —  OMB Watch - Promoting open government, accountability, and citizen participation since 1983
  • Notwithstanding the foregoing, we reserve sole discretion and right to deny, revoke, or limit use of this site, including reproduction.
  • Commissioners meet about once a month to discuss administrative issues, approve new gambling licenses and rule changes, and revoke or suspend licenses. —  Yakima Herald-Republic Weekly News
  • And the next day, it notified Nyx that it was terminating the acquisition agreement and that it would instruct the trustee to release the funds in escrow but that it would revoke the termination if the funds were deposited by the end of the day. —  DealBook
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revoke:   revoking ·  revoked
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English revoken, from Old French revoquer, from Latin revocāre : re-, re- + vocāre, to call; see wekw- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English revoken, from Old French revoquer, revocquer, French révoquer = Provencal Spanish revocar = Portuguese revocar, revogar = Italian rivocare, from Latin revocare, call back, revoke, from re-, back, again, + vocare, call: see re- and vocation. Cf. avoke, convoke, evoke, provoke.
  2. from revoke, v.
 

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