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revoke
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A Thousand Acres
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- They're probably going to revoke your license, but even if they don't, I will, if you do it again.†
p. 148.1revoke = void, cancel, or take back
- They stated that my father had chosen to avail himself of the revocation clause in the preincorporation agreement, which stated that Rose's and my shares in the farm were revocable under certain conditions of "mismanagement or abuse."†
p. 243.7 *
- They stated that my father had chosen to avail himself of the revocation clause in the preincorporation agreement, which stated that Rose's and my shares in the farm were revocable under certain conditions of "mismanagement or abuse."†
p. 243.8standard suffix: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
- Caroline joined my father in invoking the revocation clause.†
p. 243.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(revoke as in: revoked his privileges) to void, cancel, or take back -- especially to do so in an official manner
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)