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  1. 1. v. t. To call or bring back; to recall. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. 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. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To hold back; to repress; to restrain. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. t. To draw back; to withdraw. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. t. To call back to mind; to recollect. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. i. To fail to follow suit when holding a card of the suit led, in violation of the rule of the game; to renege. Source: opted
  7. 7. n. The act of revoking. Source: opted
  8. 8. n. the mistake of not following suit when able to do so Source: wordnet
  9. 9. v. fail to follow suit when able and required to do so Source: wordnet
  10. 10. v. cancel officially Source: wordnet
  11. 11. To fail to follow suit when holding a card of the suit led, inviolation of the rule of the game; to renege. Hoyle. Source: adambom

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