revoke – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of revoke

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to revoke
Participle: revoked
Gerund: revoking

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Irevoke
yourevoke
he;she;itrevokes
werevoke
yourevoke
theyrevoke

Perfect

Ihave revoked
youhave revoked
he;she;ithas revoked
wehave revoked
youhave revoked
theyhave revoked

Past

Irevoked
yourevoked
he;she;itrevoked
werevoked
yourevoked
theyrevoked

Pluperfect

Ihad revoked
youhad revoked
he;she;ithad revoked
wehad revoked
youhad revoked
theyhad revoked

Future

Iwill revoke
youwill revoke
he;she;itwill revoke
wewill revoke
youwill revoke
theywill revoke

Future Perfect

Iwill have revoked
youwill have revoked
he;she;itwill have revoked
wewill have revoked
youwill have revoked
theywill have revoked

Subjunctive

Present

Irevoke
yourevoke
he;she;itrevoke
werevoke
yourevoke
theyrevoke

Perfect

Ihave revoked
youhave revoked
he;she;ithave revoked
wehave revoked
youhave revoked
theyhave revoked

Imperfect

Irevoked
yourevoked
he;she;itrevoked
werevoked
yourevoked
theyrevoked

Pluperfect

Ihad revoked
youhad revoked
he;she;ithad revoked
wehad revoked
youhad revoked
theyhad revoked

Conditional

Present

Iwould revoke
youwould revoke
he;she;itwould revoke
wewould revoke
youwould revoke
theywould revoke

Perfect

Iwould have revoked
youwould have revoked
he;she;itwould have revoked
wewould have revoked
youwould have revoked
theywould have revoked

Imperative

yourevoke
weLet's revoke
yourevoke

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam revoking
youare revoking
he;she;itis revoking
weare revoking
youare revoking
theyare revoking

Perfect

Ihave been revoking
youhave been revoking
he;she;ithas been revoking
wehave been revoking
youhave been revoking
theyhave been revoking

Past

Iwas revoking
youwere revoking
he;she;itwas revoking
wewere revoking
youwere revoking
theywere revoking

Pluperfect

Ihad been revoking
youhad been revoking
he;she;ithad been revoking
wehad been revoking
youhad been revoking
theyhad been revoking

Future

Iwill be revoking
youwill be revoking
he;she;itwill be revoking
wewill be revoking
youwill be revoking
theywill be revoking

Future Perfect

Iwill have been revoking
youwill have been revoking
he;she;itwill have been revoking
wewill have been revoking
youwill have been revoking
theywill have been revoking

Conditional

Present

Iwould be revoking
youwould be revoking
he;she;itwould be revoking
wewould be revoking
youwould be revoking
theywould be revoking

Perfect

Iwould have been revoking
youwould have been revoking
he;she;itwould have been revoking
wewould have been revoking
youwould have been revoking
theywould have been revoking

Other

Verbs similar to 'revoke'

evoke, reevoke, reëvoke, revote, advoke, avoke, decoke, devote, devove, envoke,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed
abjure, disavow, disown, eat one's words, recall, recant, retract, swallow, take back, unsay, unspeak, withcall, withdraw
repeal
cancel, annul, abolish, nullify, withdraw, retract, recant

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. c.1374, from O.Fr. revoquer, from L. revocare "rescind, call back," from re- "back" + vocare "to call," related to vox (gen. vocis) "voice, sound, tone, call" (see voice).
2. Borrowed from Middle French révoquer, from Latin revocare, from re- + voco, vocare. Doublet of revocate. See: Latin 'revocare'.

Sample Sentences

  • Your driver's license will be revoked.
  • I hereby revoke all former wills.
  • 1539, Myles Coverdale et al., (translators), Great Bible, London: Thomas Berthelet, 1540, deuterocanonical addition to the Book of Esther, heading to Chapter 16,
  • The Copye of the letters of Arthaxerses, wherby he reuoketh those which he fyrst sende forth.
  • […] If, on the tenth day following,
  • Thy banish’d trunk be found in our dominions,
  • The moment is thy death. Away! By Jupiter,
  • This shall not be revok’d. [c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:]
  • I formd them free, and free they must remain,
  • Till they enthrall themselves: I else must change
  • Thir nature, and revoke the high Decree
  • Unchangeable, Eternal, which ordain’d
  • Thir freedom, [1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 124-128:]
  • They had just sat down at the bridge table, and Mrs Lackersteen had just revoked out of pure nervousness, when there was a heavy thump on the roof. [1934 October, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 22, in Burmese Days, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, →OCLC:]
  • So well he did his busie paines apply,
  • That the faint sprite he did reuoke againe,
  • To her fraile mansion of mortality. [1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 392:]
  • Yet she with pitthy words and counsell sad,
  • Still stroue their stubborne rages to reuoke, [1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 213:]
  • A flaming fire, ymixt with smouldry smoke,
  • And stinking Sulphure, that with griesly hate
  • And dreadfull horror did all entraunce choke,
  • Enforced them their forward footing to reuoke. [1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 566:]
  • late 1600s-early 1700s, Robert South, Sermon on Proverbs 18.14 in Sermons Preached on Several Occasions, Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1823, p. 132,
  • A man, by revoking and recollecting within himself former passages, will be still apt to inculcate these sad memoirs to his conscience.