Category:Recall

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.

Recall Re*call", n.

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

2. (mil.)

Defn: a call on the trumpet, bugle, or drum, by which soldiers are Recalled from duty, labor, etc. Wilhelm.