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 [v. ri-kawl; n. ri-kawl, ree-kawl for 7–9, 12, 13; ree-kawl for 10, 11]   Origin

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.
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6.
to revive.
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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.
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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.
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Origin:
1575–85; re- + call

Related forms
re·call·a·ble, adjective
un·re·call·a·ble, adjective
un·re·called, adjective

Synonyms
1. See remember. 5. rescind, retract, recant, repeal; annul. 7. memory. 9. revocation, retraction, repeal, withdrawal, recantation; nullification.

Antonyms
1. forget.

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recall (rɪˈkɔːl)
 
—vb
1.  (may take a clause as object) to bring back to mind; recollect; remember
2.  to order to return; call back permanently or temporarily: to recall an ambassador
3.  to revoke or take back
4.  to cause (one's thoughts, attention, etc) to return from a reverie or digression
5.  poetic to restore or revive
 
—n
6.  the act of recalling or state of being recalled
7.  revocation or cancellation
8.  the ability to remember things; recollection
9.  military (esp formerly) a signal to call back troops, etc, usually a bugle call: to sound the recall
10.  (US) the process by which elected officials may be deprived of office by popular vote
 
re'callable
 
—adj

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Word Origin & History

recall
1582, "to bring back by calling upon," from re- "back, again" + call (q.v.); in some cases a loan-translation of M.Fr. rappeler (see repeal) or L. revocare (see revoke). Sense of "bring back
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to memory" is from 1611. U.S. political sense of "removal of an elected official" is recorded from 1902. The noun is first recorded 1611.
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Medical Dictionary

recall re·call (rĭ-kôl')
v. re·called, re·call·ing, re·calls
To remember; recollect. n. (rē'kôl')
The ability to remember information or experiences.

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Idioms & Phrases

recall

see beyond recall.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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