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revokable, a.|rɪˈvəʊkəb(ə)l|
Also revokeable.
[f. revoke v. + -able.]
= revocable a.
α1584Copie of Letter 39 The Lord.., to do him good, no doubt, if he were reuokeable, hath laid his hand upon him. 1611Florio, Riuocabile, reuokeable. 1648W. Ashhurst Reasons agst. Agreement 9 A Magistrate with no power but such as is alterable and revokeable at the pleasure of any multitude. 1752Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. 68 A misguided prince arose who deemed all these privileges..revokeable at pleasure.
β1596Bacon Max. Com. Law xx. (1630) 73 This is not simply revokable. 1644Bp. Maxwell Prerog. Chr. Kings ii. 27 An ordinance by high authority not revokable, not repealable. 1670Conclave wherein Clem. VIII was elected Pope 13 Which occasion being once omitted, would never be revokable. 1710Lond. Gaz. No. 4668/3 Which Assignment is not revokable. 1750Carte Hist. Eng. II. 588 For they thought it revokable, and in every part of it erroneous. |