What is to hold back; to repress; to restrain. [Obs.] [She] still strove their sudden rages to revoke. Spenser called?
revoke — To hold back; to repress; to restrain. [Obs.] [She] still strove their sudden rages to revoke. Spenser. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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