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revocative

revocative adjective: revocatory; tending to revoke or recall.

Adjective

revocative (not comparable)

  1. Revocatory; tending to revoke or recall.
    • There is often uncertainty about the date on which the revocative edict was promulgated. Some documents mention October 15, 1685 others October 18 and still others October 22, 1685. The revocative edict itself gives no date but refers only to October 1685.1988, Pieter Coertzen, The Huguenots of South Africa, 1688-1988, page 36

Questions about revocative

What does revocative mean?
Revocative means revocatory; tending to revoke or recall.
What part of speech is revocative?
Revocative is an adjective.

Words near revocative in the dictionary

  1. revocated
  2. revocating
  3. revocation
  4. revocational
  5. revocations
  6. revocative
  7. revocatory
  8. revoice
  9. revoiced
  10. revoices
  11. revoicing

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