Reviviscence
(Rev`i*vis"cence Rev`i*vis"cen*cy) n. The act of reviving, or the state of being revived; renewal
of life.
In this age we have a sort of reviviscence, not, I fear, of the power, but of a taste for the power, of the
early times.
Coleridge. Reviviscent
(Rev`i*vis"cent) a. [L. reviviscens, p. pr. ofreviviscere to revive; pref. re- re- + viviscere,
v. incho. fr. vivere to live.] Able or disposed to revive; reviving. E. Darwin.
Revivor
(Re*viv"or) n. (Eng. Law) Revival of a suit which is abated by the death or marriage of any of
the parties, — done by a bill of revivor. Blackstone.
Revocability
(Rev`o*ca*bil"i*ty) n. The quality of being revocable; as, the revocability of a law.
Revocable
(Rev"o*ca*ble) a. [L. revocabilis: cf. F. révocable. See Revoke.] Capable of being revoked; as,
a revocable edict or grant; a revocable covenant.
— Rev"o*ca*ble*ness, n. — Rev"o*ca*bly, adv.
Revocate
(Rev"o*cate) v. t. [L. revocatus, p. p. of revocare. See Revoke.] To recall; to call back.
[Obs.]
Revocation
(Rev`o*ca"tion) n. [L. revocatio: cf. F. révocation.]
1. The act of calling back, or the state of being recalled; recall.
One that saw the people bent for the revocation of Calvin, gave him notice of their affection.
Hooker. 2. The act by which one, having the right, annuls an act done, a power or authority given, or a license,
gift, or benefit conferred; repeal; reversal; as, the revocation of an edict, a power, a will, or a license.
Revocatory
(Rev"o**ca*to*ry) a. [L. revocatorius: cf. F. révocatoire.] Of or pertaining to revocation; tending
to, or involving, a revocation; revoking; recalling.
Revoice
(Re*voice") v. t. To refurnish with a voice; to refit, as an organ pipe, so as to restore its tone.
Revoke
(Re*voke") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Revoked ;p. pr. & vb. n. Revoking.] [F. révoquer, L. revocare; pref.
re- re- + vocare to call, fr. vox, vocis, voice. See Voice, and cf. Revocate.]
1. To call or bring back; to recall. [Obs.]
The faint sprite he did revoke again,
To her frail mansion of morality.
Spenser. 2. Hence, to annul, by recalling or taking back; to repeal; to rescind; to cancel; to reverse, as anything
granted by a special act; as, , to revoke a will, a license, a grant, a permission, a law, or the like. Shak.
3. To hold back; to repress; to restrain. [Obs.]
[She] still strove their sudden rages to revoke.
Spenser. 4. To draw back; to withdraw. [Obs.] Spenser.
5. To call back to mind; to recollect. [Obs.]
A man, by revoking and recollecting within himself former passages, will be still apt to inculcate these
sad memoris to his conscience.
South.
