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Revoke :: Revoke (v. t.) Hence, to annul, by recalling or taking back; to repeal; to rescind; to cancel; to reverse, as anything granted by a special act; as, , to revoke a will, a license, a grant, a permission, a law, or the like..

Ban :: Ban (n.) A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled or summoned. In present usage, in France and Prussia, the most effective part of the population liable to military duty and not in the standing army..

Auld Lang Syne :: Auld lang syne () A Scottish phrase used in recalling recollections of times long since past.

Soi-disant :: Soi-disant (a.) Calling himself; self-styled; pretended; would-be.

Occupation :: Occupation (n.) That which occupies or engages the time and attention; the principal business of one's life; vocation; employment; calling; trade.

Slang :: Slang (n.) Low, vulgar, unauthorized language; a popular but unauthorized word, phrase, or mode of expression; also, the jargon of some particular calling or class in society; low popular cant; as, the slang of the theater, of college, of sailors, etc..

Voucher :: Voucher (n.) The act of calling in a person to make good his warranty of title in the old form of action for the recovery of lands.

Urgent :: Urgent (a.) Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important..

Recall :: Recall (n.) A calling back; a revocation.

Avocation :: Avocation (n.) A calling away; a diversion.

Exciting :: Exciting (a.) Calling or rousing into action; producing excitement; as, exciting events; an exciting story..

Lowing :: Lowing (n.) The calling sound made by cows and other bovine animals.

Fiddler :: Fiddler (n.) A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position similar to that in which a musician holds a fiddle, hence the name; -- called also calling crab, soldier crab, and fighting crab..

Vocative :: Vocative (a.) Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling; specifically (Gram.), used in address; appellative; -- said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is addressed; as, Domine, O Lord..

Lure :: Lure (n.) A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks..

Evocative :: Evocative (a.) Calling forth; serving to evoke; developing.

Chicky :: Chicky (n.) A chicken; -- used as a diminutive or pet name, especially in calling fowls..

Suggestive :: Suggestion (n.) The act or power of originating or recalling ideas or relations, distinguished as original and relative; -- a term much used by Scottish metaphysicians from Hutcherson to Thomas Brown..

Calling :: Calling (n.) A naming, or inviting; a reading over or reciting in order, or a call of names with a view to obtaining an answer, as in legislative bodies..

Rememoration :: Rememoration (n.) A recalling by the faculty of memory; remembrance.

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