avoke

English

Etymology

Compare avocate. Ultimately from Latin āvōcō, āvōcāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈvəʊk/

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• Rhymes: -əʊk

Verb

avoke (third-person singular simple present avokes, present participle avoking, simple past and past participle avoked)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To call back again or revoke
   • 1679–1715, Gilbert Burnet, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of the Reformation of the Church of England., London: […] T[homas] H[odgkin] for Richard Chiswell, […]:

     And after our long communication and reasoning in the King's Highness Cause, which, at length, we have written to your Grace in our common Letter, for a confirmation of many inconveniences and dangers which we perswaded to his Holiness, to follow both to himself and to the See Apostolick, in case his Holiness should avoke the cause; […]

See also

• advoke

References

• “avoke”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• OED citations