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re⋅call

  [v. ri-kawl; n. ri-kawl, ree-kawl for 7–9, 12, 13; ree-kawl for 10, 11]
Use recall in a Sentence
–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

Related forms:
re⋅call⋅a⋅ble, 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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re·call   (rĭ-kôl')   
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
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Word Origin & History

recall  (v.)
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: re·call
Pronunciation: ri-'kol, 'rE-"kol
Function: noun
1 : a call to return recall of workers>
2 : the right or procedure by which an official may be removed by vote of the people recall petition>
3 : the act of revoking
4 : a public call by a manufacturer for the return of a defective or esp. unsafe product —re·call /ri-'kol/ transitive verb
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: re·call
Pronunciation: ri-'kol, 'rE-"
Function: noun
: remembrance of what has been previously learned or experienced —re·call /ri-'kol/ transitive verb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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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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