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/rˈikˌɔl/ /rɪkˈɔl/ Listen

verb

Recall v. t.

1.

To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador. "If Henry were recalled to life again."

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."

3.

To call back to mind; to revive in memory; to recollect; to remember; as, to recall bygone days.

noun

Recall n.

1.

A calling back; a revocation. "'T is done, and since 't is done, 't is past recall."

2.

(Mil.) A call on the trumpet, bugle, or drum, by which soldiers are recalled from duty, labor, etc.

3.

(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.

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... on which his heart was set. Besides, the time was approaching when the great sacrifice to Heaven at the solstice, about which he had had so many conversations with the duke, should be offered up, and he hoped that the recollection of his weighty words would recall the duke to a sense of his duties. But his gay rivals in the affections of the duke still held their sway, and the recurrence of the great festival failed to awaken his conscience even for the moment. Reluctantly therefore Confucius resigned his ...

— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 1 • Various

... all the delicious fish known, give me the salmon caught by trolling in early summer in the deep waters of Puget Sound, the fish so fat that the excess of oil must be turned out of the pan while cooking. We had scarcely got our camp fire started before a salmon was offered us; I cannot recall what we paid, but I know it was not a high price, else we could ...

— Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail • Ezra Meeker

... mental occurrence in human beings, which lead to a striking difference in the conversion process, a difference to which Professor Starbuck has called attention. You know how it is when you try to recollect a forgotten name. Usually you help the recall by working for it, by mentally running over the places, persons, and things with which the word was connected. But sometimes this effort fails: you feel then as if the harder you tried the less hope there would be, as though ...

— The Varieties of Religious Experience • William James

... of his wife, Fannie (who also was very kind to the slaves) five children, Harriett Ann, Jennie, Jeff, Frankie and Mae Roxie, a brother (whose name he does not recall) who owned a few slaves but was kind to those that he did own. Although very young during slavery, "Parson" remembers many plantation activities and customs, among which are the following: That the master's children and those of the slaves on the plantation played together; the farm ...

— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States - From Interviews with Former Slaves - Florida Narratives • Works Projects Administration

... If we recall to mind from the first chapter how many things of the highest importance War touches upon, we may conceive that a consideration of all requires ...

— On War • Carl von Clausewitz

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