All 3 Uses of
revoke
in
The Ramayana
- ha who perceived That Ráma's soul was wroth and grieved: "Well knows the sage Jáváli all The changes that the world befall; And but to lead thee to revoke Thy purpose were the words he spoke.†
Book 2revoke = void, cancel, or take back
- heard the stern behest, And pondered in his troubled breast; Then, trained in arts that soothe and please Addressed the king in words like these: "Revoke, my lord, thy fierce decree, And hear the words I speak to thee.†
Book 5 *
- Those hasty words, that curse revoke Which from thy lips in anger broke: "Kaikeyí, be no longer mine: I cast thee off, both thee and thine."†
Book 6
Definition:
to void, cancel, or take back -- especially to do so in an official manner