A man, by revoking and recollecting within himself former passages,
will be still apt to inculcate these sad memoris to his conscience.
South.
Syn. -- To abolish; recall; repeal; rescind; countermand; annul;
abrogate; cancel; reverse. See Abolish.
Re*voke" (?), v. i. (Card Playing) To fail to follow suit when holding
a card of the suit led, in violation of the rule of the game; to
renege. Hoyle.
Re*voke", n. (Card Playing) The act of revoking.
She [Sarah Battle] never made a revoke.
Lamb.
Re*voke"ment (?), n. Revocation. [R.] Shak.
Re*vok"er (?), n. One who revokes.
Re*vok"ing*ly, adv. By way of revocation.
Re*volt" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Revolted; p. pr. & vb. n. Revolting.]
[Cf. F. révoller, It. rivoltare. See Revolt, n.] 1. To turn away; to
abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink,
with abhorrence.
But this got by casting pearl to hogs, That bawl for freedom in
their senseless mood, And still revolt when trith would set them
free.
Milton.
HIs clear intelligence revolted from the dominant sophisms of that
time.
J. Morley.
2. Hence, to be faithless; to desert one party or leader for another;
especially, to renounce allegiance or subjection; to rise against a
government; to rebel.
Our discontented counties do revolt.
Shak.
Plant those that have revolted in the van.
Shak.
3. To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel
nausea; -- with at; as, the stomach revolts at such food; his nature
revolts at cruelty.
Re*volt", v. t. 1. To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put
to flight. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. To do violence to; to cause to turn away or shrink with abhorrence;
to shock; as, to revolt the feelings.
This abominable medley is made rather to revolt young and ingenuous
minds.
Burke.
To derive delight from what inflicts pain on any sentient creatuure
revolted his conscience and offended his reason.
J. Morley.
Re*volt", n. [F. révolte, It. rivolta, fr. rivolto, p. p. fr. L.
revolvere, revolutum. See Revolve.] 1. The act of revolting; an
uprising against legitimate authority; especially, a renunciation of
allegiance and subjection to a government; rebellion; as, the revolt of
a province of the Roman empire.
Who first seduced them to that foul revolt?
Milton.