revocation 
of being revoked or annulled ; reversal ; repeal; 
annulment: as, the revocation of a will. Revo- 
cation of the edict of Nantes, a proclamation ny Louis 
XIV. of France, in 1S5, annulling the edict of Nantes, and 
discontinuing religious toleration to the Huguenots. The 
Protestant emigration in consequence of this revocation 
and of previous persecutions greatly injured the indus- 
tries of France. =8yn. 2. See renounce, abolish. 
reyocatory (rev'o-ka-to-ri), a. [< OF. rn-orii- 
toire, F. revocatoire = Sp. revocatorio = Pg. re- 
vocatorio, revogatorio = It. rivocatorio, < LL. 
revoeatorius, for calling or drawing back, < L. 
revocare, call back: see revoke.'} Tending to 
revoke ; pertaining to a revocation ; revoking ; 
recalling. 
He granted writs to both parties, with revocatory letters 
one upon another, sometimes to the number of six or seven. 
W arid of Wonders (1608), p. 137. 
Revocatory action, in civil law, an action to set aside 
the real contracts of a debtor made in fraud of creditors 
and operating to their prejudice. A'. .1 . Crow, Pleading, 
p. 261. 
revoice (re-vois'), r. <. [< re- + voice.'] 1. In 
organ-building, to voice again ; adjust (a pipe) 
so that it may recover the voice it has lost or 
speak in a new way. 2. To call in return; re- 
peat. [Bare.] 
And to the winds the waters hoarsely call, 
And echo back again revoiced all. 
G. Fletcher, Christ's Triumph on Earth, St. 64. 
revokable (re-vo'ka-bl), a. [< revoke + -able.} 
That can or may be revoked; revocable. 
revoke (re-vok'J, v. ; pret. and pp. revoked, ppr. 
revoking. ' [< ME. revokcn, < OF. revoquer, revoc- 
quer, F. revoquer = Pr. Sp. revocar = Pg. rero- 
car, revogar = It. rivocare, < L. revocare, call 
back, revoke, < re-, back, again, + vocare, call : 
see re- and vocation. Cf. avoke, convoke, evoke, 
provoke.} I. trans. If. To call back; summon 
back ; cause to return. 
Christ is the glorious instrument of God for the revok- 
ing of Man. G. Herbert, A Priest to the Temple, i. 
What strength tliou hast 
Throughout the whole proportion of thy limbs, 
Reuoke it all into thy manly arms, 
And spare me not. 
Heywood, 1 Edw. IV. (Works, ed. Pearson, 1874, 1. 65). 
Mistress Anne Boleyn was . . . sent home again to her 
father for a season, whereat she smoked ; . . . [but after - 
\vard she] was revoked unto the court. 
G. Cavendish, Wolsey, p. 67. 
How readily we wish time spent revok'd, 
Cowper, Task, vi. 25. 
2f. To bring back to consciousness ; revive ; 
resuscitate. 
Hym to revoken she did al hire peyne, 
And at the laste he gan his breth to drawe, 
And of his swough sone eftir that adawe. 
Chaucer, Troilus, iii. 1118. 
3f. To call back to memory; recall to mind. 
By revoking and recollecting . . . certain passages. 
South. 
4. To annul by recalling or taking back ; make 
void ; cancel ; repeal ; reverse : as, to revoke a 
will ; to revoke a privilege. 
Let them assemble, 
And on a safer judgement all revoke 
Your ignorant election. Shalt., Cor., ii. 3. 226. 
That forgiveness was only conditional, and is revoked by 
his recovery. Fielding, Amelia, iii. 10. 
A devise by writing . . . may be also revoked by burn- 
ing, cancelling, tearing, or obliterating thereof by the de- 
visor, or in his presence and with his consent. 
Blackstone, Com., II. xxiii. 
5f. To restrain ; repress ; check. 
She with pitthy words, and counsel! sad, 
Still strove their stubborne rages to revoke. 
Spenser, F. Q., II. ii. 28. 
6f. To give up; renounce. 
Nay, traitor, stay, and take with thee that mortal blow or 
stroke 
The which shall cause thy wretched corpse this life for to 
revoke. Peele, Sir Clyomon and Sir Clamydes. 
=Syn. 4. Recant, Abjure, etc. (see renounce}; Repeal, Re- 
Kcind, etc. (see abolish). 
II. intrans. 1. To recall a right or privilege 
conceded in a previous act or promise. 
Thinke ye then our Bishops will forgoe the power of ex- 
communication on whomsoever? No, certainly, unless to 
conipasse sinister ends, and then revoke when they see 
their time. Milton, Reformation in Eng., ii. 
I make a promise, and will not revoke. 
Crabbe, Works, VII. 129. 
2. In card-playing, to neglect to follow suit 
when the player can and should do so. 
revoke (re-v6k'),. [< revoke, v.} 1. Revoca- 
tion; recall. [Bare.] 
How callous seems beyond revoke 
The clock with its last listless stroke ! 
D. G. Rossetti, Soothsay. 
2. In card-plai/hii/, the act of revoking; a fail- 
ure to follow suit when the player can and 
should do so. In whist the revoke is made when the 
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wrong card is thrown; but it is not "established" (in- 
curring a severe penalty) till the trick on which it was 
made is turned or quitted, or till the revoking player or 
his partner has again played. 
she never made a revoke ; nor ever passed it over in her 
adversary without exacting the utmost forfeiture. 
Lamb, Mrs. Battle on Whist. 
revokement (re-vok'ment), . [= It. rivoca- 
HK'iito; as revoke + -meiit.] The act of revok- 
ing; revocation; reversal. 
Let it be noised 
That through our intercession this revokement 
And pardon comes. Shak., Hen. VIH., i. 2. 10. 
revoker (re-vo'ker), n. One who revokes. 
revolt (re- volt' or re-volt'), w. [< OF. revolte, 
F. revolte = Sp. revu'elta = Pg. revolta, < It. rirol- 
ta, revolta, a revolt, turning, overthrow, fern, of 
rivolto, revolto (< L. revolntus), pp. of revolvere, 
turn, overturn, overwhelm, revolve: see re- 
volve.] 1. An uprising against government or 
authority; rebellion; insurrection; hence, any 
act of insubordination or disobedience. 
Their mutinies and remits, wherein they show'd 
Most valour, spoke not for them. 
Shak., Cor., Iii. 1. 126. 
I doubt not but you have heard long since of the Revolt 
of Catelonia from the K. of Spain. 
Houvll, Letters, I. vi. 42. 
On one side arose 
The women up in wild remit, and storm'd 
At the Oppian law. Tennyson, Princess, vii. 
2f. The act of turning away or going over to 
the opposite side; a change of sides; deser- 
tion. 
He was greatly strengthened, and the enemy as much 
enfeebled by daily revolts. Sir W. Raleigh. 
The blood of youth burns not with such excess 
As gravity's revolt to wantonness. 
Shak., L. L L., v. 2. 74. 
3f. Inconstancy; faithlessness; fickleness, es- 
pecially in love. 
Thou canst not vex me with Inconstant mind, 
Since that my life on thy revolt doth lie. 
Shak., Sonnets, xcii. 
4f. A revolter. 
You ingrate remits, 
You bloody Neroes, ripping up the womb 
Of your dear mother England. 
Shak., K. John, v. 2. 151. 
= 8yn, 1. Sedition, Rebellion, etc. See insurrection. 
revolt (re-volf or re-volt'), v. [< OF. revolter, 
F. revolter = Pg. revoltar = It. rivoltare, revol- 
tare; from the noun.] I. intrans. If. To turn 
away ; turn aside from a former cause or under- 
taking; fall off; change sides; go over to the 
opposite party; desert. 
The stout Parisians do revolt, 
And turn again unto the warlike French. 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., v. 2. 2. 
Monsieur Amaud . . . was then of the religion, but had 
promised to revolt to the King's side. 
Life of Lord Herbert of Cherbury (ed. Howells), p. 14fl. 
2. To break away from established authori- 
ty; renounce allegiance and subjection; rise 
against a government in open rebellion ; rebel ; 
mutiny. 
The Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah. 
2 Chron. XXL 10. 
Let. the church, our mother, breathe her curse, 
A mother's curse, on her revolting son. 
Shak., K. John, iii. 1. 267. 
3t. To prove faithless or inconstant, especially 
in love. 
You are already Love's firm votary, 
And cannot soon revolt and change your mind. 
Shak., T. G. of V., iii. 2. 59. 
Live happier 
In other choice, fair Amidea, 'tis 
Some shame to say my heart 's revolted. 
Shirley, Traitor, Ii. 1. 
4. To turn away in horror or disgust; be re- 
pelled or shocked. 
Her mind revolted at the idea of using violence to any- 
one. Scott, Heart of Mid- Lothian, xxxiv. 
II. trans. If. To roll back; turnback. 
As a thonder bolt 
Perceth the yielding ayre, and doth displace 
The soring clouds into sad showres ymolt ; 
So to her yold the flames, and did their force revolt. 
Spenser, F. Q., III. xi. 26. 
2t. To turn away from allegiance; cause to 
rebel. 
Whether of us is moste culpable, I in following and 
obeying the King, or you in altering and revolting ye 
kingdome. 
Guevara, Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1577), p. 236. 
3. To repel; shock; cause to turn away in ab- 
horrence or disgust. 
This abominable medley is made rather to revolt young 
and Ingenuous minds. Burke, A Regicide Peace, iv. 
Hideous as the deeds 
Which > on scarce hide from men's revolted eyes. 
Shelley, The Cenci, i. 1. 
revolution 
Revolt, in the sense of 'provoke aversion in,' 'shock,' 
is, I believe, scarce a century old ; it being a neoterism 
with Bishop Warburton, Horace Walpole, William God- 
win, and Southey. F. Hall, Mod. Eng., p. 299. 
= Syn. 3. To disgust, sicken, nauseate. 
revolter (re-vol'ter or re-vol'ter), n. One who 
revolts, or rises against authority; a rebel. 
All their princes are revolterx. Hos. ix. 15. 
A murderer, a revolter, and a robber ! 
Milton, S. A., 1. 1180. 
revolting (re-vol'ting or re-vol'ting), p. n. 1. 
Given to revolt or sedition ; rebellious. 
Also they promise that his Maiestie shall not permit to 
be giuen from henceforth fortresse, Castell, bridge, gate, 
or towne . . . unto Gentlemen or knightes of power, which 
in revolting times may rise with the same. 
Guevara, Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1577), p. 271. 
2. Causing abhorrence or extreme disgust; 
shocking; repulsive. 
What can be more unnatural, not to say more revolting. 
than to set up any system of rights or privileges in moral 
action apart from duties? 
Gladstone, Might of Right, p. 95. 
= Syn. 2. Disgusting, nauseating, offensive, abominable, 
revoltingly (re-vol'- or re-vol'ting-li), adf. In 
a revolting manner; offensively: abhorrently. 
revoluble (rev'6-lu-bl), a. [< L. revolubilis, 
that may be revolved or rolled, < revolvere, re- 
volve: see revolve.] Capable or admitting of 
revolution. [Rare.] 
Us then, to whom the thrice three yeer 
Hath flll'd his revoluble orb, since our arrival here, 
I blame not to wish home much more. 
Chapman, Iliad, ii. 256. 
revolubly (rev'o-lu-bli), adv. In a" revoluble 
manner; so as to be capable of revolution. 
[Bare.] 
The sight tube being clamped to the carriage [for tran- 
sit-instruments], so as to be revolubly adjusted thereon. 
Sci. Amer., N. S., I \ 1 1 1. 35. 
revolute (rev'o-lut), a. [= F. rtvolu, < L. revo- 
lutus, pp. of 'revolvere, revolve: see revolve.] 
Rolled or curled backward or down- 
ward; rolled back, as the tips or 
margins of some leaves, fronds, 
etc. ; in vernation and estivation, 
rolled backward from both the 
sides. See also cuts under \otho- 
clilsena, Pteris, and Rafflesia Revo- 
lute antennae, in entom., antennae which 
in repose are rolled or coiled spirally out- 
ward and backward, as in certain Hyme- 
noptera. 
revolute (rev'o-lut), v. i. To re- 
volve. [Colloq.] 
Then he frames a second motion 
From thy revoluting eyes. 
The Academy, March 1, 1890, p. 153. 
revolution (rev-o-lu'shon), n. [< 
ME. reiiolucion, < OF. revolution, F. 
revolution = Pr. revolucio = Sp. revo- 
lucion = Pg. revoluf&o = It. rivoltt- 
zione, revoluzione = D. revolvtie = 
G. Sw. Dan. revolution, < LL. revo- 
lutio(n-), a revolving, < L. revolra-/: 
pp. revolutus, revolve, turn over: 
see revolve.] 1. The act of revolv- 
ing or turning completely round, tolifolia 
so as to bring every point of the The ie.if as 
turning body back to its first posi- te?se"seciion" s 
tion; a complete rotation through 
360. Where the distinction is of importance, 
this is called a rotation. 
She was probably the very last person in town who still 
kept the time-honored spinning-wheel in constant revolu- 
tion. Hawthorne, Seven Gables, v. 
2. The act of moving completely around a cir- 
cular or oval course, independently of any rota- 
tion. In a revolution without rotation, every part of the 
body moves by an equal amount, while in rotation the 
motions of the different parts are proportional to their 
distances from the axis. But revolutions and rotations 
may be combined. Thus, the planets perform revolutions 
round the sun, and at the same time rotations about their 
own axes. The moon performs a rotation on its axis in 
precisely the same time in which it performs a revolution 
round the earth, to which it consequently always turns 
the same side. 
So many nobler bodies to create, 
Greater so manifold, . . . and on their orbs impose 
Such restless revolution day by day. 
Milton, P. L., viii. 31. 
3. A round of periodic or recurrent changes or 
events ; a cycle, especially of time : as, the revo- 
lutions of the seasons, or of the hours of the day 
and night. 
O God ! that one might read the book of fate, 
And see the revolution of the times 
Make mountains level. Shak. , 2 Hen. IV., iii. 1. 46. 
The Duke of Buckingham himself flew not so high in so 
short a Revolution of Time. Hmcell, Letters, I. v. 32. 
i. Revolute. 
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