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Pronunciation : Re*call"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Re*call"
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913