avoke

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/əˈvəʊk/

verb

To call back again or revoke

OriginLatin āvōcō, āvōcāre →
Scrabble 12
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Meanings

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

present singular third person avokes · participle present avoking · participle past avoked · past avoked

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo call back again or revoke
    1 more example

    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, […]

Origin

  1. Latināvōcō, āvōcāre
  2. Englishavoke

Compare avocate. Ultimately from Latin āvōcō, āvōcāre.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with avoke

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Anagrams

Voake
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APA

avoke. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/avoke

MLA

“avoke.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/avoke. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “avoke,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/avoke.

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