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re·voke

 (rĭ-vōk′)
v. re·voked, re·vok·ing, re·vokes
v.tr.
To invalidate or cause to no longer be in effect, as by voiding or canceling: Her license was revoked.
v.intr. Games
To fail to follow suit in cards when required and able to do so.
n. Games
Failure to follow suit in a card game when required and able to do so.
[Middle English revoken, from Old French revoquer, from Latin revocāre : re-, re- + vocāre, to call; see wekw- in Indo-European roots.]
re·vok′er n.
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They had been the settlers of thirteen separate and distinct English colonies, along the margin of the shore of the North American Continent; contiguously situated, but chartered by adventurers of characters variously diversified, including sectarians, religious and political, of all the classes which for the two preceding centuries had agitated and divided the people of the British islands--and with them were intermingled the descendants of Hollanders, Swedes, Germans, and French fugitives from the persecution of the revoker of the Edict of Nantes.
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The ladies sadly recall they never saw Jade revoker, with Caroline saying: "Jade went downhill.
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In with a bullet; From the moshpit to the main stage, Bullet For Valentine fan Jamie Mathias is about to see his dream come true when he joins the ranks of the rock giants. He tells Dave Owens why he still can't quite believe his luck
MUSIC Revoker, Sacred Mother Tongue and Cytota: O2 Academy, Horsefair, Birmingham.
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