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Entry 6 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Recall

/(rē̇*ka̤l")/ · Re·call · IPA /ɹɪˈkɔl/
01 v. t. To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador.
  1. 1.
    To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador.
    “If Henry were recalled to life again.” — Shak.
  2. 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. 3.
    To call back to mind; to revive in memory; to recollect; to remember; as, to recall bygone days.
02 n. A calling back; a revocation.
  1. 1.
    A calling back; a revocation.
    “'T is done, and since 't is done, 't is past recall.” — Dryden.
  2. 2.
    A call on the trumpet, bugle, or drum, by which soldiers are recalled from duty, labor, etc.(Mil.)
  3. 3.
    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.(Political Science)