Word Direct Answers

What does "recall" mean?

Recall: 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.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To call back to mind; to revive in memory; to recollect; to remember; as, to recall bygone days.
  2. 3.A calling back; a revocation. 'T his done, and since 't is done, 't is past recall. Dryden.
  3. 4.(Mil.) A call on the trumpet, bugle, or drum, by which soldiers are recalled from duty, labor, etc. Wilhelm.

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