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re⋅call

   [v. ri-kawl; n. ri-kawl, ree-kawl for 7–9, 12, 13; ree-kawl for 10, 11]
–verb (used with object)
1. to bring back from memory; recollect; remember: Can you recall what she said?
2. to call back; summon to return: The army recalled many veterans.
3. to bring (one's thoughts, attention, etc.) back to matters previously considered: He recalled his mind from pleasant daydreams to the dull task at hand.
4. International Law. to summon back and withdraw the office from (a diplomat).
5. to revoke or withdraw: to recall a promise.
6. to revive.
–noun
7. an act of recalling.
8. recollection; remembrance.
9. the act or possibility of revoking something.
10. the removal or the right of removal of a public official from office by a vote of the people taken upon petition of a specified number of the qualified electors.
11. Also called callback. a summons by a manufacturer or other agency for the return of goods or a product already shipped to market or sold to consumers but discovered to be defective, contaminated, unsafe, or the like.
12. a signal made by a vessel to recall one of its boats.
13. a signal displayed to direct a racing yacht to sail across the starting line again.
Origin:
1575–85; re- + call
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re·call     (rĭ-kôl')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   re·called, re·call·ing, re·calls
  1. To ask or order to return: recalled all workers who had been laid off.
  2. To summon back to awareness of or concern with the subject or situation at hand.
  3. To remember; recollect. See Synonyms at remember.
  4. To cancel, take back, or revoke.
  5. To bring back; restore.
  6. To request return (of a product) to the manufacturer, as for necessary repairs or adjustments.
n.   also (rē'kôl')
  1. The act of recalling or summoning back, especially an official order to return.
  2. A signal, such as a bugle call, used to summon troops back to their posts.
  3. The ability to remember information or experiences.
  4. The act of revoking.
    1. The procedure by which a public official may be removed from office by popular vote.
    2. The right to employ this procedure.
  6. A request by the manufacturer of a product that has been identified as defective to return it, as for necessary repairs or adjustments.
re·call'a·ble adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Recallable

Re*call"a*ble\, a. Capable of being recalled.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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