(a) To call (sb.) back (to a place or state); revive (sb.); repatriate (sb.); reappoint (sb.); (b) to call (sb.) back (from death, sin, etc.), bring back, rescue; keep (sb., one's desire from some activity), restrain; check (one's intention); -- also without obj.; (c) to bring back (sth. past), call back; recall (sth. to mind); (d) to restore (sth.) to a previous condition; return (sth.) to a former position; restore (property) to an owner; (e) to make a retraction; retract or disown (one's word, opinion, etc.); renounce (a belief); ?also, call into question (that sth. is so), deny [last quot.]; (f) to repeal (a sentence, statute, charter, gift, etc.), cancel, annul; also, change (sth.), modify [quot.: c1484]; -- without obj.; ~ ayen; ppl. revoked as adj.: of a parliament: canceled, rendered null and void; (g) to repress (vice); avert (trouble); dismiss (sb.).