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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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"Recall" Quotes from Famous Books

... to Stella, in words which I would now give everything I possess to recall. A detestable jealousy took possession of me. I meanly hinted that Penrose could claim no great merit (in the matter of Romayne's conversion) for yielding to the entreaties of a beautiful woman who had fascinated him, though he might be afraid to own it. She protested ...

— The Black Robe • Wilkie Collins

... of itself, is powerless to recall this vibration, either because the brain is tired or in some unfavourable condition or other; it is then aided by bringing its automatism into play, by endeavouring, for instance, to call back one constituent element of the fact desired, a place, sound, scent, ...

— Reincarnation - A Study in Human Evolution • Th. Pascal

... an outrage—a frame-up," declared Jane, glad to recall the vernacular. "There are three witnesses here who saw the trouble and we'll find others if you want them. The fact is Officer Jamison is always cross with us students" (she put it mildly), "and he was, perhaps, too willing to listen to our enemies. The proprietor ...

— Jane Allen: Junior • Edith Bancroft

... composition of hydrochloric acid it was stated that one volume of hydrogen combines with one volume of chlorine to form two volumes of hydrochloric acid. With bromine and iodine similar combining ratios hold good. These facts recall the simple volume relations already noted in the study of the composition of steam and ammonia. These relations may be represented graphically in ...

— An Elementary Study of Chemistry • William McPherson

... down, reluctantly, as if it were a signal that all hope was over. Presently the boat is observed to range about at random; the look-out-men aloft, when repeatedly hailed and asked, "if they see anything like him?" are all silent. Finally, the boat's recall-flag is hoisted, sail is again made on the ship, the people are piped down, and this tragical little episode in the voyage being concluded, everything goes ...

— The Lieutenant and Commander - Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from - Fragments of Voyages and Travels • Basil Hall

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