revoke

/ɹɪˈvəʊk/rih-VOHK

/ɹɪˈvoʊk/rih-VOHK

Meaningto call back

Common meaning: to cancel or withdraw

reagain; back
vokvoice; to callLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 2003 · scan

‘again’ + ‘voice’ → revoke

Journey through time

Latinvōx, vōcis; vocō‘voice’
Old Frenchrevocquersource
Englishrevoke‘to cancel or withdraw’ · today

re- also in: react rebel relax repel reply

vok also in: vocal invoke provoke advocate vocation

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Latin vōx ‘voice; to call’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry vōx, p. 2003 · dictionary scan

Roots

vōx, vōcis; vocō Latin “voice; to call”

Related words

advocate invoke provoke vocabulary vocal vocation

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