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.
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 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.
a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
2.
a call to return; "the recall of our ambassador"
3.
a bugle call that signals troops to return
4.
the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort); "he has total recall of the episode"
5.
the act of removing an official by petition
verb
1.
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" [syn: remember] [ant: blank out]
2.
go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his" [syn: hark back]
3.
call to mind; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy" [syn: echo]
4.
summon to return; "The ambassador was recalled to his country"; "The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession"
5.
cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression; "She was recalled by a loud laugh"
6.
make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution; "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty" [ant: issue]
7.
cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
Re*call"\, n. (Political Science) (a) The right or procedure by which a public official, commonly a legislative or executive official, may be removed from office, before the end of his term of office, by a vote of the people to be taken on the filing of a petition signed by a required number or percentage of qualified voters. (b) Short for recall of judicial decisions, the right or procedure by which the decision of a court may be directly reversed or annulled by popular vote, as was advocated, in 1912, in the platform of the Progressive party for certain cases involving the police power of the state.
Re*call"\, v. t. 1. To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador. 2. 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. To call back to mind; to revive in memory; to recollect; to remember; as, to recall bygone days.
Re*call"\, n. 1. A calling back; a revocation. 'T his done, and since 't is done, 't is past recall. --Dryden. 2. (Mil.) A call on the trumpet, bugle, or drum, by which soldiers are recalled from duty, labor, etc. --Wilhelm.
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