Re-cāll'1, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. RECALLED; p. pr. & vb. n. RECALLING.] [Pref. re and call.] [Also recal.]
- To call back; to take back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops. “If Henry were recalled to life again.” Shak.
- To revoke; to annul by a subsequent act; to recant; as, to recall words, or a decree.
- To call back to mind; to revive in memory; to recollect; to remember; as, to recall what has been forgotten.