Remonstr. against Romish Corruptions (Titus) (1851) 132 (MED) S. Cipryan, the martyr, erred..and..reuoked, though he wrote not his reuokinge.

c1450 Speculum Christiani (Harl. 6580) (1933) 186 (MED) It es not for-boden man to make ymages..of whych he may haue mynde of his lorde..For this es not drawynge to ydolatry, bot rather reuokynge fro ydolatry.

1547 J. C. tr. P. Melanchthon (title) Melancthon's Epistle made unto..Kynge Henry the Eight for the revoking and abolishing of the Six Articles.

1585 J. Banister Wecker's Compend. Chyrurg. i. 165 There maye bee a reuoking of the humors and spirites, to their proper mansions.

1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 338 In the reuoking of his threatnings, Gods Mercy and his Truth goe hand in hand together.

1646 D. Evance Noble Order 2 Gods revoking of his promise.

1746 E. Hoyle Whist (ed. 6) 10 He can avoid it without revoking.

1768 in Speech Sir E. Impey (1788) App. i. 75 I have therefore ventured to suspend the revoking of this order.

1830 R. Hardie Hoyle made Familiar 4 Renouncing or trumping suit..is in this case termed Revoking.

1898 State v. Webster 7 June in Northeastern Rep. 752/2 The appellant is therefore in error in contending that any finding or judgement of a court is necessary to the revoking of a license.

1936 Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. 83 541 Revoking the past means not only the revoking of one event but means the restoration of the sequence of events.

1959 Times 4 Feb. 10/7 Port workers stayed away from work to-day..in protest against the revoking by Britain of the island's constitution.

1992 Brit. Jrnl. Sociol. Educ. 13 408 The revoking of fundamental apartheid laws..shifted resistance to the educational system to a new terrain.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 330 I was carried into thoughtes of vncertaintie, and conceiued an inward reuoking feare.

1694 G. Dawson Origo Legum vii. vii. 216 How should a revoking Law de-oblige or loose from the Obligation of the first Law, except it be made publick also?

1742 Rep. Sir E. Coke in Verse sig. B2 A revoking power by deed inroll'd, By fine before inrolment is controul'd.

1788 J. J. Powell Ess. Learning of Devises 647 If it be meant to be an effective, operative, disposing will, it will fail as such, it cannot take effect as a revoking will.

1830 R. Hardie Hoyle made Familiar 12 If a revoke happens to be made, the adversaries may..take tricks from the revoking party.

1864 I. F. Redfield Law of Wills I. viii. 370 Even the destruction of the revoking instrument will not be sufficient to effect a valid republication.

1901 Harvard Law Rev. 14 390 A testator inserted a revoking clause into a will disposing of some property left undisposed of by an earlier will.

1943 El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post 19 Mar. 6/4 The idea was to prevent the possibility of a revoking player gaining more than two tricks by his revoke.

2008 MX (Melbourne) (Nexis) 17 Apr. 5 But the spokeswoman said even if ‘three tonnes’ of protests were received it would not automatically result in a revoking order.

1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Revokingly, by way of revocation.