avoke en · VERB
Pronunciation
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- /əˈvəʊk/
Etymology
Compare avocate. Ultimately from Latin āvōcō, āvōcāre.
Meanings
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(obsolete, transitive) To call back again or revoke
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; […]
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, […]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| avoked | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| avoked | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| avoking | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| avokes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |