RECALL

v. n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador.

2.
v.

To revoke; to annul by a subsequent act; to take back; to withdraw; as, to recall words, or a decree. Passed sentence may not be recall'd. Shak.

3.
v.

To call back to mind; to revive in memory; to recollect; to remember; as, to recall bygone days.

4.
n.

A calling back; a revocation. 'T his done, and since 't is done, 't is past recall. Dryden.

5.
n.

A call on the trumpet, bugle, or drum, by which soldiers are recalled from duty, labor, etc. Wilhelm.

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