recalln.

Brit.

/ˈriːkɔːl/, U.S.

/ˈriˌkɔl/,

/ˈriˌkɑl/

Forms: see re- prefix and call n.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by conversion. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: recall v.; re- prefix, call n.

Etymology: Partly < recall v., and partly < re- prefix + call n.

I. The action or an act of calling back.

a. The action or an act of calling someone or something back; an invitation or summons to return to or from a position, situation, or place.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > summons or summoning > summoning back

again-calling1417

revocation?a1439

reclaima1450

revoke1498

reappeal1550

recall1586

remand1601

recallment1650

1586 in A. Peel Seconde Parte Reg. (1915) II. 244 He..committed me..as prisoner by promise..to redeliver mee at his recall, or at the recall of his high commissioners.

1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale 195 Canac, on knees, did too Cambuscan fall, With begginge grace for Algarsifes recall.

1759 J. G. Cooper tr. J. B. Gresset Ver-vert iv. 47 There the blest day of his recall Is annually a festival.

1794 Ld. Auckland's Corr. (1862) III. 201 I shall..wait at Brussels for my letters of recall, and for orders.

1806 A. Duncan Life Nelson 86 The admiral..gave the signal of recal.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 139 About three quarters of a year elapsed between the recall of Ormond and the arrival of Clarendon at Dublin.

1942 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 22 658 The reasons given for the recall were: the expense of maintaining a papal delegate..and the unfortunate experience of other Catholic countries.

1999 A. Mallinson Close Run Thing xii. 209 Be so good, Hervey, as to give him my compliments and send a recall to officers on furlough.

2003 Daily Post (Liverpool) (Nexis) 4 Sept. It is understood the recall of the ambassador came out of the blue.

b. An official summons calling for the reconvening of a parliament, national assembly, etc., which is in recess or (esp. in early use) has been disbanded. Also: the action or fact of issuing such a summons.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [noun] > summons to parliament

summons1399

recall1754

1754 Connoisseur No. 15. 90 He has lately sent over commissions to Paris to take up bets on the recall of the parliament.

1779 tr. M. F. Pidansat de Mairobert Lett. Countess Du Barry xcii. 102 It seems surprising that the Duke..should be so solicitous for the recall of Parliament.

1848 G. W. Johnson Fairfax Corr. x. 388 (heading) Parliament dissolved—Charles wishes its recall.

1922 Times 2 June 7/2 Wu Pei-fu is issuing a declaration supporting the recall of Parliament.

1963 Jrnl. Politics 25 149 Operating through the Amicale agricole parlementaire they pressed for recall of parliament.

1969 D. H. Solomon in H. Mayer Austral. Politics: Second Reader 530 This motion provided..for the recall of the Senate at the request of the leaders of a majority of Senators.

2001 Morning Star (Nexis) 19 Sept. 6 [He] demanded the recall of the Welsh Assembly yesterday because of last week's horrific events.

c. An act of calling back an actor, singer, or other performer to the stage or platform; an encore. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > audience reaction

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call1754

encore1763

goose1805

the big bird1825

recall1851

curtain1884

curtain-call1884

slow burn1936

1851 Musical World 28 June 408/2 Marie Taglioni was greatly successful, and was honoured with a recall and a bouquet at the fall of the curtain.

1869 Sphinx 27 Nov. 274/2 Even the gods forgot to applaud—about the highest compliment which could be paid to the actor, and worth fifty recalls.

1884 Mrs. H. Ward Miss Bretherton vii He..escaped behind the scenes as soon as Miss Bretherton's last recall was over.

1903 W. D. Howells Lett. Home xvii. 111 The girl with the Southern accent that sings pathetic ballads of the lost cause, and then coon songs for her recalls.

d. A request for the return of a product (esp. one suspected of being faulty or dangerous), issued by a manufacturer to all purchasers concerned. Cf. product recall n. at product n.¹ Compounds 2 and recall v. 2e.

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1960 Jrnl. Insurance 27 36/1 How much should be added to the cost of a unit of product..for product recall; or for warranty liabilities?

1976 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 15 Dec. 5/1 More glass has been found in Coca-Cola bottles and..he expects the soft drink company will have to issue another recall.

1991 Times (Florence, Alabama) Daily 16 Apr. a1/1 The recall was prompted by potential thermostat and thermal fuse malfunctions.

2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 27 June c3/2 The recall is the latest incident involving problem products entering the American market from China.

a. The act or possibility of revoking, undoing, or annulling something done or past. Chiefly in beyond (also past, without) recall.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > [adjective] > unchangeable

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inalterable?1541

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irreformable1812

irrevertible1822

irredeemable1839

true1845

influxible1871

irrevisable1884

intransformable1887

the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > [noun]

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revocationc1400

cassationc1425

annulling1449

reclamationa1475

annulmenta1492

retractation1531

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cancellation1535

retraction1536

extinguishment1537

undoing1540

abrenunciation1557

revocating1570

reversement1572

revokement1573

annihilation1579

revocatory1579

annullity1586

retroversion1587

rescission1594

recall1597

recision1606

disannulment1611

repeal1612

rasurea1616

cancelment1621

retractinga1624

cancelling1631

extinction1651

circumduction1726

cassing1844

recallment1845

cancel1884

the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > [adverb]

unrevocably1472

beyond (also past, without) recall1597

irrevocably1608

irrepealably1653

1597 R. Parry Sinetes Passions sig. C6 Then lend your ayde before my wracke be such, That past recal the paines encrease too much.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 885 Other Decrees Against thee are gon forth without recall .

1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar iii. iii. 43 'Tis done, and since 'tis done, 'tis past recall: And since 'tis past recall, must be forgotten.

1790 A. J. Dallas Rep. Cases Pennsylvania 1 143 After foreclosure, the land is in the mortgagee without any possibility of recal.

1833 H. Martineau French Wines & Politics i. 15 Since the bargain is..beyond recall it is no longer my affair.

1864 R. Browning Rabbi Ben Ezra xxvii All that is, at all, Lasts ever, past recall.

1884 Law Times 77 25/2 The Chancery Division may possess power to order the recall of probate.

1921 Times 13 Aug. 11/3 The first, fine, careless rapture of the summer holiday homecoming is over..beyond recall.

1957 Let. in Times 18 Mar. 9 A treasure which will otherwise soon be past recall.

2005 I. McEwan Saturday ii. 76 His readiness to be persuaded that the world has changed beyond recall.

b. The right to rescind an agreement; a provision conferring such a right. rare.

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1894 Daily News 14 Apr. 2/7 If you buy that stone you buy it on your own entire judgment, and you have no ‘recall’ upon me.

1919 Mod. Philol. 17 454 In 1448, a recall was provided for contracts made in drunkenness or an unfair occasion.

a. The action of remembering or calling back to mind; the ability to remember; (also) an instance of this; (Psychology) the act of calling to mind something previously learned or experienced, esp. in a memory test, usually as distinguished from recognition. total recall: the ability to call to mind every detail that caught the attention. free recall: see free adj., n., and adv. Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > [noun] > act of remembering, recollection

minOE

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rememorationc1449

resouvenancec1450

umbethinkingc1450

sovenance1477

memoration1562

reminiscence1589

recollecting1604

rememorating1606

recollection1633

evocation1646

recall1651

recordancy1654

anamnesis1656

membrance1827

reliving1919

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > developmental psychology > acquisition of knowledge > capacity for retaining experience > [noun] > act of recalling to mind

recall1651

free recall1903

the mind > mental capacity > memory > retention in the mind > [noun] > in great detail

total recall1953

1651 tr. F. de Quintana Hist. Don Fenise 243 A history I will tell you, at the recall whereof this Cavalier..will understand [etc.].

1887 Bain in Mind Apr. 161 The recall, resuscitation, or reproduction of ideas already formed.

1894 M. W. Calkins in Psychol. Rev. 1 480 The likelihood of recall increases, therefore, by the recency of the position.

1932 F. C. Bartlett Remembering xv. 256 The matter of recall is mainly a question of interest, while the manner of recall is chiefly one of temperament and character.

1953 Columbia-Viking Desk Encycl. 805/2 His complicated style seeks by total recall to recapture the minutest psychological and sensory detail.

1987 C. Tomalin Katherine Mansfield p. i He was cautious of J. M. Murry's powers of recall, but inclined to accept his version of those events in which he was involved.

2001 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 114 632 The manner and the matter of recall are affected..by factors such as the recaller's social position in her own group.

b. The effectiveness of an information retrieval system, expressed as the proportion of relevant items that are successfully retrieved by a particular search. Cf. precision n. 2e.

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1961 B. C. Vickery On Retrieval Syst. Theory vi. 88 The function of generic relations in a retrieval system is to increase the recall factor, i.e. the percentage of relevant or related material which is retrieved.

1982 Jrnl. Librarianship 14 45/2 The precis index led to more correct answers and fewer wrong answers than the KWIC index, i.e. it had both better recall and greater precision.

1986 Indexer 15 90/1 The evaluation of indexes was well covered—performance measures and efficiency criteria (recall, precision).

2000 SIAM Rev. 42 552/2 Chapter 6 describes performance evaluation via recall and precision and the use of relevance feedback.

a. A sound made as a signal to return; (esp. Military) a signal sounded on a bugle or other instrument to call soldiers back to ranks or to camp, or to indicate the end of a drill or work period.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > signal on instrument > specific signals

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retreat1600

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1825 J. A. Hillhouse Hadad v. iv. 203 Sound the recall: Collect more strength about us.

1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! ix. 185 The trumpets blow a recall, and the sailors drop back again by twos and threes.

1930 E. Colby Our Army 28/3 In the late afternoon when the bugles blow ‘Recall’ and the fatigue parties come in.

1992 A. R. Trulock In Hands of Providence ix. 281 It was seven o'clock, and the bugles were sounding the recall.

b. Nautical. A signal, esp. a flag, used to call back a boat to a ship, or a vessel to a squadron.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > flag signalling > [noun] > signal flag > specific

black flag1583

yellow flag1587

red flag1748

yellow jack1753

Blue Peter1754

fire flag1798

recall1832

pilot jack1848

homeward-bound pennant1853

powder flag1864

paying-off pennant1869

Peter1890

storm flag1896

negative flag1897

blackball1966

1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son I. 253 We saw the frigate hoist the recal signal.., and telegraph to her companion.]

1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster III. iv. 45 The recall is up on board of the commodore.

1895 Times 16 Aug. 10/3 The Alexandra flung out the Blue Peter,..and hoisted the general recall for all boats.

1918 E. Noble Naval Side 83 The yeoman was waiting orders which came brusquely from the engineer-commander: ‘Hoist the recall.’

1961 F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 169 Recall, a flag or other predetermined signal used to recall boats to a ship or a club house, or to recall men from shore.

5. U.S. The removal of an elected government official from office by a system of petition and vote; the right to use this method to terminate a period of office.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > [noun] > removal of government official

recall1901

1901 Arena Sept. 272 Popular recall, full education, and all the measures needful to protect the form and substance of democracy.

1922 E. Kimball State & Munic. Govt. in U.S. 283 The recall of judges can be applied only in those states where the judiciary is elected.

1973 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 18 Nov. 43/1 This book seeks the recall of deficient people in power as well.

2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 8 Aug. a14/2 I believe Democrats are united on one crucial point, we are against the recall.

II. An act of calling again.

6. A further call or demand; spec. Usually in call and recall.

ΚΠ

1799 Times 17 Aug. 1/2 The Department of Seine has posted up a Proclamation..Double calls and recalls will be made to muster those who ought to march.

1823 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 101 254 He makes frequent calls and recalls on our attention.

a1894 C. Rossetti Compl. Poems (1979) I. 83 We sang our songs together by the way, Calls and recalls and echoes of delight.

1937 in W. E. Rappard et al. Source Bk. European Govts. iii. xi. 105 Article 17. Call and recall to arms and to the National Militia.

1999 M. Tabberer Maggie v. 86 As the day dragged on, with calls and recalls to see the judges I was in and out of my gown so many times I lost count.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

recall signal n.

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1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son I. 253 We saw the frigate hoist the recal signal.., and telegraph to her companion.

1904 Daily Chron. 11 June 5/4 The eight blocking ships saw the recall signal right enough, but..disregarded it.

2005 Evening Herald (Plymouth) (Nexis) 16 June (Sport section) 53 Ellwood failed to answer the recall signal for being over too early.

recall telegram n.

ΚΠ

1865 G. G. Meade Let. 1 Feb. (1913) II. 260 I am sorry I could not stay longer with you, but I don't believe I should have had any satisfaction, as every report brought in would have a recall telegram.

1916 H. G. Wells Mr. Britling sees it Through i. i. 27 He wished he knew of somebody who could send a recall telegram from London.

2005 D. S. Russell Winston Churchill Soldier vi. 191 No recall telegram ever reached Churchill.

C2.

a. U.S. Politics. (In sense 5.) Esp. in recall election.

ΚΠ

1904 Los Angeles Times 7 Sept. ii. 4/3 The voters of the Sixth Ward should resent it by giving him a larger majority at the coming recall election.

1910 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 4 85 The law as originally passed contained the recall clause made operative by petition and election.

1955 C. R. Adrian Governing Urban Amer. 91 Under the San Francisco charter, an official against whom an unsuccessful recall attempt is made is entitled to reimbursement for campaign expenses.

1978 Detroit Free Press 16 Apr. 8 a/4 Three more [suburban politicians] are facing a recall election in Birmingham next month.

2004 Time 17 May 62/1 County chair Linn..faces a recall effort, one that the left-of-center Oregonian has endorsed.

b. Psychology. (In sense 3a.)

ΚΠ

1913 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 24 534 It is often said that recognition is an important part of recall memory, giving warrant to the correctness of the recalled element.

1953 G. A. Miller & J. A. Selfridge in S. Saporta & J. R. Bastian Psycholinguistics (1961) 203/1 The same data are replotted to show the relation of the recall-score to the length of the list.

1977 M. W. Eysenck Human Memory ii. 35 On a subsequent, unexpected recall test, semantically processed material was much better recalled than phonemically or structurally processed material.

1994 C. B. Kopp Baby Steps 125 The 9-month-old's intelligence is helped along by the emergence of recall memory.

C3.

recall coverage n. insurance against financial loss incurred from the forced recall (sense 1d) of a product.

ΚΠ

1971 Wall St. Jrnl. 11 Aug. 28/1 Practically every week now brings news that a potentially faulty or dangerous product is being recalled... Many manufacturers are increasingly interested in..product recall coverage.

1982 Res. Corp. Soc. Performance & Policy 4 194 Assuming a recall proved warranted, it was in the agency's interest to institute it promptly to maximize recall coverage and thereby minimize the risk to users.

2007 Bestwire (Nexis) 7 June When companies do decide on any product recall coverage, the quality and depth offered by the crisis management elements should not be underestimated.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

recallv.

Brit.

/rᵻˈkɔːl/, U.S.

/rəˈkɔl/,

/riˈkɔl/,

/rəˈkɑl/,

/riˈkɑl/

Forms: see re- prefix and call v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: re- prefix, call v.

Etymology: < re- prefix + call v., probably partly after Middle French rappeler to call back, recall (see repeal v.¹), and partly after classical Latin revocāre revoke v.

I. To call back.

a. transitive. To withdraw or retract (one's words, a statement, etc.); to undo or annul by taking back (a vow, deed, etc.); to revoke (a command, sentence, decree, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > annul, cancel, revoke [verb (transitive)]

fordoOE

allayOE

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withclepe13..

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to call againc1390

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unact1594

to strike off1597

undecide1601

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to take off1609

to draw back1610

reclaim1615

to put back1616

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to set off1642

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to ask away1649

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pull1937

1565 N. Sanders Supper of Our Lord vii. f. 368^v No wise man knowing that he repented his follie, will afterward allege his authoritie for that, which he recalled.

1588 R. Greene Pandosto sig. C3^v I haue committed such a bloudy fact, as repent I may, but recall I cannot.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. i. 147 Passed sentence may not be recal'd .

1659 H. Thorndike Epil. Trag. Church of Eng. i. 175 A man of so much knowledge, as to think himselfe fit to recall the Lawes of his Country.

1686 tr. J. Chardin Coronation Solyman 45 in Trav. Persia You have not kept your word with him,..he recalls his own.

1724 G. Jeffreys Edwin v. i. 61 Unless her dear forgiving Lips recall My Doom too justly pass'd.

1785 A. Gwynn Rencontre II. xv. 177 I hate—hate!—hate my husband?—let me recall the word!

1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1869) II. xl. 497 They recalled the hasty decree.

1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I II. iii. 84 Charles instantly recalled the new duties on merchandize, which he had imposed.

?1871 W. S. Gilbert Randall's Thumb i. 19 He is dead, and therefore cannot recall his words.

a1930 E. A. Robinson Coll. Poems (1937) 1024 The word was given, and was not recalled.

1989 Times Law Rep. 30 Aug. 26/2 A judge in a county court was entitled to recall a judgment he had delivered following his change of mind.

2006 Business Recorder (Nexis) 8 Nov. The speaker recalled his decision and converted it into a warning.

†b. intransitive. To recant; to make a disavowal or retraction. Also transitive (reflexive) in same sense. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] > recant or retract

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recall1585

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retract1644

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1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. iii. 58 That all heretikes not recalling themselues by admonition should be auoided.

1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie ii. vi. sig. E8 When I..heard him sweare I was a Pythian, Yet straight recald, & sweares I did but quote Out of Xilinum.., I could scarce hold.

1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον ii. 88 Aske what thou wilt,..It shall be granted thee, Apollo said... Let me then liue (said I) till I haue told So many yeares, as there are bodies small Lockt in this hand. The god could not recall, Nor I vnsay.

c. transitive. To revoke, take back (a gift).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession of [verb (transitive)] > again or back

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repossedea1513

repossessa1513

recall1609

repo1972

1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xi. 25 We heere below, Recall not what we giue.

1724 M. Davys Reform'd Coquet 104 Why did you let me see Alanthus, to whom I have given a Heart, which is not in my power to recall?

1763 J. Hey Redemption 13 Mild was the Law that will'd but to recall A voluntary gift.

1860 Ld. Tennyson Tithonus in Cornhill Mag. Feb. 176 The Gods themselves cannot recall their gifts.

1885 ‘M. Field’ William Rufus ii. iv, in Father's Trag. 87 His gifts were straight recalled; each debt was held Due as of old, and all that he had sworn Undone in doing.

1925 E. D. Saunders Lect. on Civil Code Louisiana 80 If the wife desires to recall the donation made to her husband during marriage she can do so.

2004 R. Hard Routledge Handbk. Greek Mythology v. 154 No god can recall his gifts.

a. transitive. To call back or summon (a person, or figurative a thing) to return to or from a place; to restore (a person) to a former position or occupation, membership of a team, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restoration of a person > [verb (transitive)]

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to bring to (one's) statea1387

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society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > summon > back

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1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 144^v Teares can not reuoke the ded, Nor cries recall a drowned man to lande.

1595 Blanchardine & Eglantine ii. xiii. sig. I4 As fire giuen to the ordinance, tis to late to recall the shot: So mightie king, booteles are these teares which are shed for the dead.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) v. iv. 153 Let them be recall'd from their Exile.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 38 These..were all re-cald home to their fathers Pallaces.

1670 A. Marvell Let. 21 Mar. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 313 About the same Time the King had resolved to recal the Lord Roberts back.

1725 London Gaz. No. 6367/1 Prince Galliczin..having been recalled and received his Recredential Letters, is to have..his Audience of Leave of his..Majesty.

1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. i. 2 The inroads of the Goths and other Barbarians obliged the Romans..to recal those legions which guarded the frontier provinces.

1817 P. B. Shelley Mont Blanc ii, in Hist. Six Weeks' Tour 177 Some phantom, some faint image; till the breast From which they fled recalls them.

1874 Times 24 Oct. 7/2 Lord Anglesey was recalled from Ireland, being too sympathetic with the Irish.

1930 C. Bax Socrates in Six Plays i. 481 The Government is recalling certain exiles from Salamis, and three citizens have been appointed to fetch them.

1961 D. Heller & D. Heller Kennedy Cabinet iv. 69 Impressed by Dillon's skill and breadth of economic experience, Secretary Dulles recalled him to Washington.

1991 Independent 5 Jan. 47/7 Portsmouth could recall their former England defender Stevens after a hamstring injury.

2003 Bang Apr. 38/1 In time, the mysterious Frankie Poullain was recalled from Venezuela to add the bass.

b. transitive. Without reference to physical location: to bring back (a thing or person) by or as by a call.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > cause to move back [verb (transitive)] > lead or bring back > as by calling upon

recall1580

1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. in Euphues (new ed.) f. 38^v Time lost may well be repented but neuer recalled.

1632 R. Brome Northern Lasse i. iii. sig. B3^v There's no recalling time.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 926 But past who can recall, or don undoe?

1734 A. Pope Ess. Man iv. 120 Shall burning Ætna..Forget to thunder, and recall her fires?

1767 tr. C. di Beccaria Bonesana Ess. Crimes xii. 43 Can the groans of a tortured wretch recal the time past, or reverse the crime he has committed?

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna xii. xxviii. 264 Ye who must lament The death of those that made this world so fair, Cannot recall them now.

1854 Capt. Rafter tr. A. de Lamartine Hist. Restoration Monarchy in France (new ed.) IV. xli. 134 He burned with impatience to return to the great political stage, and to recall absent attention to himself once more, by going back to France.

1943 A. Rand Fountainhead ii. vi. 276 He would bring her to the humiliation of accepting the past—by being first to utter the word recalling it to reality.

1988 S. D. Caracciolo tr. A. Banti Artemisia 111 I now admit that it is not possible to recall to life and understand an action that happened three hundred years ago.

2000 G. Cook Soldiers Live 1 We were supernatural, many recalled from the dead, the ultimate Stone Soldiers.

c. transitive. Usually with to. To bring back (the attention, mind, etc.) to a subject.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > call to mind, recollect [verb (transitive)] > mind, attention

reduce?a1475

recall1592

recollect1598

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > engage the attention [verb (transitive)] > again

recall1592

untomb1840

1592 tr. F. Du Jon Apocalypsis vi. 20 Al those meanes at once, by which before seuerally and in order he had recalled their mindes vnto amendment.

1594 L. Lewkenor tr. O. de la Marche Resolued Gentleman f. 18^v When I had recalled my minde to ful consideration thereof, I thought good to apart me from his counsel.

1650 E. Williams Virgo Triumphans 44 Let them but recall their Memory, how by the prevailency of Gondamore the Corporation was dissolved, their patent cancelled.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 422 But him the gentle Angel by the hand Soon rais'd, and his attention thus recall'd .

1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women I. ii. 43 Let me recall the attention of my female friends to a subject that concerns them highly.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 21 We must recall their erring fancies to the acts of the Revolution.

a1822 P. B. Shelley Let. to — in Posthumous Poems (1824) 67 I recal My thoughts and bid you look upon the night.

1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years I. 430 The king wished to recall to his own person the too long diverted attention of the public.

1897 A. R. Urquhart in Dict. National Biogr. LII. 320/2 It recalled..the attention of psychiatrists to the physical basis of mental aberration.

1922 A. Huxley Mortal Coils i. iii. 43 He had ceased to pay any attention to Miss Spence's words. The spasmodic clutching of her hand recalled his thoughts.

1945 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 58 359 The Vicar General has made his commentary largely a pretext for extensive moralizing to which..he recalls the wandering attention of the cadets.

2002 Polity (Nexis) 22 Dec. 237 The austere artistry to which Connor and others have recalled our attention.

d. transitive. To issue an official summons calling for the reconvening of (a parliament, national assembly, etc.). Cf. recall n. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > summon > together

summonc1275

indict1538

accerse1548

convocate?1553

convent1569

convene1596

convoke1598

recall1648

1648 C. Cotterell & W. Aylesbury tr. E. C. Davila Contin. Civill Warres France xiv. 1285 The City of Paris was recovered absolutely to the Kings obedience, who having caused a general pardon to be published..recall'd the Parliament.

1683 J. Bulteel tr. F. E. de Mézeray Gen. Chronol. Hist. France 456 In the Month of August following, the King recalled the Parliament.

1734 T. Salmon Mod. Hist. XXI. xxxv. 212 He might not by his Proclamation recall the Parliament to meet again.

1835 A. T. Malkin Gallery of Portraits with Mem. IV. 6 The Parliament was recalled, and Law finally disgraced.

1857 Times 6 Mar. 4/2 Her Majesty's Government will only ask the sanction of both Houses..with the view of recalling Parliament.

1953 Los Angeles Times 22 Aug. 1/7 The Assembly steering committee voted to put off until Monday a decision on whether the Assembly will be recalled.

1979 Oil & Gas Jrnl. (Nexis) 24 Dec. 37 Clark said that if he is reelected he will recall Parliament in March.

2002 Scotsman (Nexis) 1 Apr. 4 The First Minister of Wales..said yesterday that he was discussing whether to recall the Welsh assembly.

e. transitive. Of a manufacturer: to request the return of (a faulty product).

ΚΠ

1948 Amending Fed. Trade Comm. Act (80th Congr. House) 193 Immediately the product was recalled, working with the manufacturer, over the entire country, from 6000 dealers.

1962 L. Lasagna Doctors' Dilemmas 282 The product was recalled, the formula changed on the basis of research by the company, and marketing resumed.

1976 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 15 Dec. 5/6 Last weekend, Coca-Cola, recalled about 200,000 of its 26-ounce bottles.

2007 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Nexis) 25 June Millions of toys many..have been recalled this year for problems ranging from lead paint to magnets that can be harmful if swallowed.

a. transitive. To call or bring back (a person) to or from a certain activity, state, state of mind, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restoration of a person > [verb (transitive)] > to or from a place or way

reduce?a1425

recall1579

1579 A. Munday Mirrour Mutabilitie i. sig. Aiij^v God had so bountefully extended his mercy vpon him, as to recall him from his former follyes.

1581 P. Wiburn Checke or Reproofe M. Howlets Shreeching f. 84^v Is that to recall them home; By fire and fagot to consume them to asshes?

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. i. 66 If Henry were recall'd to life againe, These news would cause him once more yeeld the Ghost.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 330 Recall'd To life prolongd and promisd Race, I now Gladly behold though but his utmost skirts Of glory.

c1705 G. Berkeley Commonplace Bk. in Wks. (1871) IV. 455 To be eternally banishing Metaphisics, etc., and recalling men to Common Sense.

1766 T. Gray Let. 23 Sept. (1971) III. 935 He..by such afflictions recalls us from our wandering thoughts & idle merriment..to serious reflection.

1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne ii. 36 We are so constantly recalled to right and severe reason.

1821 Ld. Byron Cain iii. i, in Sardanapalus 420 May his soft spirit..recall thee To peace and holiness!

1871 R. W. Dale Ten Commandm. Introd. 9 The Commandments recall us to the better faith of earlier times.

1915 J. Conrad Within Tides 21 Renouard, recalled to himself, waited silent and mistrustful.

1938 E. Bowen Death of Heart ii. iv. 238 The milled pressure of the new coin's edge, when she closed her hand, recalled her to where she was.

1956 C. G. Osgood tr. G. Boccaccio Boccaccio on Poetry ix. 51 The mind that is slipping into inactivity is recalled to a state of better and more vigorous fruition.

2000 G. Kranz Failure Is Not Option xiii. 323 Engineers hastily recalled from sleep.

b. transitive (reflexive). To recollect oneself.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restoration of a person > restore oneself [verb (reflexive)] > to or from a state or condition

recall1638

recovera1660

1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 58 Polemo, forced by the weightinesse of his speech, could not but recall himselfe by little and little.

1747 P. Doddridge Some Remarkable Passages Life Col. J. Gardiner 97 Though a useful friend or dear relative be snatched away by death, I recall myself, and check my thoughts.

1839 N. Ogle Mariamne xv. 257 She first recalled herself, and checked the flood of love that had spread over every sense.

1931 P. S. Buck Good Earth i. 6 Wang Lung stared and recalled himself and was ashamed.

2002 H. Turtledove Through Darkness 285 After a little while, he seemed to recall himself, and sat back down.

4. transitive. Frequently with to.

a. To call or bring back (a circumstance, event, etc.) to one's mind; to recollect, remember. Formerly with †over. Also intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > call to mind, recollect [verb (transitive)]

i-thenchec897

bethinkOE

mingOE

thinkOE

monelOE

umbethinkc1175

to draw (also take) into (or to) memorya1275

minc1330

record1340

revert1340

remembera1382

mindc1384

monishc1384

to bring to mindc1390

remenec1390

me meanetha1400

reducec1425

to call to mind1427

gaincall1434

pense1493

remord?1507

revocate1527

revive1531

cite1549

to call back1572

recall1579

to call to mind (also memory, remembrance)1583

to call to remembrance1583

revoke1586

reverse1590

submonish1591

recover1602

recordate1603

to call up1606

to fetch up1608

reconjure1611

collect1612

remind1615

recollect1631

rememorize1632

retrieve1644

think1671

reconnoitre1729

member1823

reminisce1829

rememorate1835

recomember1852

evoke1856

updraw1879

withcall1901

access1978

the mind > mental capacity > memory > call to mind, recollect [verb (transitive)] > something specified

recollect1559

to rub up?1571

rub1574

recall1579

mind1590

resummon1605

1579 A. Munday Mirrour Mutabilitie i. sig. Dij I thirtie pence receiued for my deed, Which after warde when I recalld to minde, For my offence great wrath to mee assignde.

1593 B. Barnes Parthenophil & Parthenophe xx. 94 Then I recall'd how farre loues power exceedes Aboue the bloudie menace of rough warre.

1611 Bible (King James) Lament. iii. 21 This I recall to my mind, therefore haue I hope.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 106 Mary pondering oft, and oft to mind Recalling what remarkably had pass'd.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. i. 42 'Tis strange, the Soul should never..recal over any of its pure, native Thoughts.

1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. xiv. 287 Recall what was before observed concerning the Affection to moral Characters.

1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne 247 We now begin to recall the Gothic labours of our ancestors.

1822 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater 23 I cannot yet recal, without smiling, an incident which occurred at that time.

1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men II. v. 1 It would be easy to recall the names of men who eclipsed him by their achievements.

1901 S. E. White Westerners xxxv. 317 He could not recall all the story he had told the Indian agent.

1947 P. Hamburger in New Yorker Aug. 21/1 She drove away in a sporty-looking car—it was a Cadillac, as I recall.

1970 L. Niven Ringworld 106 We never did invent hyperdrive, if you'll recall.

2007 Clash July 23/1 In the seven years I spent in that place I don't recall witnessing one single racist incident.

b. To bring back to the mind, memory, etc.; to bring about the recollection or remembrance of; to be reminiscent of, to evoke.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > remind [verb (transitive)]

mingOE

mina1200

bethink1340

recorda1382

reducec1425

rememberc1425

rememorate1460

mind1524

revive?1564

remembrance1593

recall1595

prompt1600

remind1621

enmind1645

immind1647

refricate1657

commonish1661

flap1790

to touch up1796

1595 B. Barnes Divine Cent. Spirituall Sonnets lxxix. sig. F3^v The tearmelesse date of my sweete second life..Freshly recals those Loues, and graces rife.

1634 J. Barton Art of Rhetorick vi. 26 Here the latter clause is so inferred, that it recalls the former.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. iv. 13 Wheras a Proper Name bringeth to mind one thing onely; Universals recall any one of those many.

1729 A. Pope Dunciad (new ed.) i. 93 Much to the mindful Queen the feast recalls.

1779 J. Moore View Society & Manners France II. xcv. 423 Any statue of the Virgin would serve as effectually as that to recal her to the memory.

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna v. xxxvii. 111 The sleepless silence did recal Laone to my thoughts.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 225 The expectation of his death recalls the promise of his youth.

1912 H. Belloc This & That 20 Naples recalled to me an American seaboard town so vividly that I could have thought myself upon the Pacific.

1932 A. Waley tr. Murasaki Shikibu Lady of Boat viii. 305 If only I had something that would recall her to my mind.

1971 B. Sidran Black Talk iii. 74 A melancholy that recalled the intense ‘mood’ of some of Ellington's work.

2006 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 10 Mar. d3/2 (advt.) Narrow tree-lined lanes..recall the charming conventions of such places as Charleston.

c. To recount (a circumstance, event, etc.) from one's memory. Also more generally: to recount, go over, rehearse.

ΚΠ

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xii. 197 Let me recall to you—but the task must be brief—the odd and wayward fates of my youth, and the misfortunes of my manhood.

1865 G. Grey in Parl. Deb. 3rd ser. 179 458 Let me recall to the House what were the circumstances under which that Act was passed.

1930 D. L. Sayers Strong Poison ii. 25 Members of the jury—there is no need, I think, for me to recall the course of Philip Boyes' illness in great detail.

1974 K. Amis Ending Up xxxi. 143 Half an hour earlier, Trevor had recalled to her the Christmas of five years previously.

2000 M. Drabble Peppered Moth 222 As Serafina now loudly recalled, most of us lived in basements.

5. transitive. To bring back, restore, revive, resuscitate (a feeling, quality, or state). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restore [verb (transitive)] > a condition or state of things

accordlOE

to call againc1390

reduce1419

repeala1500

to call back?1510

recall1580

reinduce1609

gaincall1611

1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. in Euphues (new ed.) f. 41^v Vnto whom I wryt many letters to take paciently y^e death of him, whose life could not be recalled.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. ii. 61 Might liquid teares..recall his Life; I would be blinde with weeping, sicke with grones.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 95 How soon Would highth recal high thoughts.

1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera iii. xiii. 55 Their Eyes, their Lips, their Busses Recall my Love.

1768 A. Murphy Zenobia i. 14 Each vital pow'r was sunk, but he, well skill'd In potent herbs, recall'd my flutt'ring soul.

1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci iii. ii. 53 Once gone You cannot now recall your sister's peace.

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxxxiii. 120 Autumn..Recalls, in change of light or gloom, My old affection of the tomb.

1902 J. Payne Poet. Wks. I. 148 Even in her husband's house, and being there, To make one last endeavour to recall Her love to him, whatever might befall.

†6. transitive. To bring back or down, to reduce (a thing) to a certain number. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xxxi. 231 Aristotle recalled the laws of this connection to four, or rather to three.

7. transitive. Computing. To transfer (a program, data, etc.) from long-term storage to a location where it can be rapidly processed, displayed, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > computing and information technology > data > database > use data [verb (transitive)] > store > copy or transfer

to read out1946

copy1953

dump1956

list1958

recall1966

to roll out1969

import1977

upload1977

export1982

1966 Proc. AFIPS Conf. 29 150/1 An alphanumeric or special character macro identification code used in recalling the macro is keyed next.

1976 Chem. Week 3 Mar. 31/2 It has put quality-related data on a time-sharing computer where it's easily recalled.

1984 Mail on Sunday 2 Dec. (Colour Suppl.) 6/2 (advt.) You can keep 16 preset programmes in the memory... Each one can be recalled at the touch of a button.

1995 European Jrnl. Marketing 29 54 Once codes have been assigned to the data the computer can recall and print out all material belonging to a specific code using specialized retrieval functions.

II. To call again.

8. intransitive and transitive. To call again, call a second time; to call in return.

ΚΠ

1604 S. Grahame Passionate Sparke sig. E There mighty Clamors with my carefull Cries The Eechoes voice from hollow Caues recalles.

1737 H. Baker tr. Virgil in Medulla Poetarum Romanorum II. 201 Where-e'er the Fates Call, or recall Us, let Us follow still.

1796 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum V. 459 While falling, recalling, The amorous thrush concludes his sang.

1812 W. H. Ireland Neglected Genius 105 The poet calls, recalls, and calls again.

1863 Times 19 Mar. 13/1 He then proceeded to recall the names in a regular way.

a1925 G. Sigerson Songs & Poems (1927) l. 6 A-calling and re-calling the years fled away..The music of Youth is the Blackbird's sweet lay!

2001 Irish News (Nexis) 24 July 190 When I tried recalling the number from whence the messages came, it was a non-existent!

Derivatives

reˈcalled adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > command or bidding > [adjective] > summoning > summoned > back

revoked1461

recalled1592

1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 81 At length, and yet not with a perfect recalled minde.

1797 J. Adams in Jrnl. Senate U.S. (1820) 5th Congr. 1 Sess. 359 The minister of foreign relations informed the recalled American minister, that the executive directory had determined not to receive another minister plenipotentiary from the United States.

1895 Westm. Gaz. 1 Oct. 7/1 The recalled Governor of Indo-China.

1995 New Yorker 27 Mar. 98/2 Set pieces of sustained drama include sharply recalled episodes of boyhood angst.

reˈcaller n.

ΚΠ

1625 T. Adams Three Serm. i. 19 In this place comes in Repentance; as a rectifier of disorders, a recaller of abberations, a repairer of all decayes and breaches.

1874 Times 24 Oct. 7/2 If any slur remains on anyone for that transaction it is on the recallers rather than on the recalled.

1932 R. H. Wheeler & F. T. Perkins Princ. Mental Devel. xxi. 396 The recaller possesses a field of brain energy of a certain definite amount.

2001 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 114 632 The manner and the matter of recall are affected..by factors such as the recaller's social position in her own group.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	recall
释义	recalln. Brit. /ˈriːkɔːl/, U.S. /ˈriˌkɔl/, /ˈriˌkɑl/ Forms: see re- prefix and call n. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by conversion. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: recall v.; re- prefix, call n. Etymology: Partly < recall v., and partly < re- prefix + call n. I. The action or an act of calling back. 1. a. The action or an act of calling someone or something back; an invitation or summons to return to or from a position, situation, or place. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > summons or summoning > summoning back again-calling1417 revocation?a1439 reclaima1450 revoke1498 reappeal1550 recall1586 remand1601 recallment1650 1586 in A. Peel Seconde Parte Reg. (1915) II. 244 He..committed me..as prisoner by promise..to redeliver mee at his recall, or at the recall of his high commissioners. 1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale 195 Canac, on knees, did too Cambuscan fall, With begginge grace for Algarsifes recall. 1759 J. G. Cooper tr. J. B. Gresset Ver-vert iv. 47 There the blest day of his recall Is annually a festival. 1794 Ld. Auckland's Corr. (1862) III. 201 I shall..wait at Brussels for my letters of recall, and for orders. 1806 A. Duncan Life Nelson 86 The admiral..gave the signal of recal. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 139 About three quarters of a year elapsed between the recall of Ormond and the arrival of Clarendon at Dublin. 1942 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 22 658 The reasons given for the recall were: the expense of maintaining a papal delegate..and the unfortunate experience of other Catholic countries. 1999 A. Mallinson Close Run Thing xii. 209 Be so good, Hervey, as to give him my compliments and send a recall to officers on furlough. 2003 Daily Post (Liverpool) (Nexis) 4 Sept. It is understood the recall of the ambassador came out of the blue. b. An official summons calling for the reconvening of a parliament, national assembly, etc., which is in recess or (esp. in early use) has been disbanded. Also: the action or fact of issuing such a summons. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [noun] > summons to parliament summons1399 recall1754 1754 Connoisseur No. 15. 90 He has lately sent over commissions to Paris to take up bets on the recall of the parliament. 1779 tr. M. F. Pidansat de Mairobert Lett. Countess Du Barry xcii. 102 It seems surprising that the Duke..should be so solicitous for the recall of Parliament. 1848 G. W. Johnson Fairfax Corr. x. 388 (heading) Parliament dissolved—Charles wishes its recall. 1922 Times 2 June 7/2 Wu Pei-fu is issuing a declaration supporting the recall of Parliament. 1963 Jrnl. Politics 25 149 Operating through the Amicale agricole parlementaire they pressed for recall of parliament. 1969 D. H. Solomon in H. Mayer Austral. Politics: Second Reader 530 This motion provided..for the recall of the Senate at the request of the leaders of a majority of Senators. 2001 Morning Star (Nexis) 19 Sept. 6 [He] demanded the recall of the Welsh Assembly yesterday because of last week's horrific events. c. An act of calling back an actor, singer, or other performer to the stage or platform; an encore. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > audience reaction exsibilation1640 call1754 encore1763 goose1805 the big bird1825 recall1851 curtain1884 curtain-call1884 slow burn1936 1851 Musical World 28 June 408/2 Marie Taglioni was greatly successful, and was honoured with a recall and a bouquet at the fall of the curtain. 1869 Sphinx 27 Nov. 274/2 Even the gods forgot to applaud—about the highest compliment which could be paid to the actor, and worth fifty recalls. 1884 Mrs. H. Ward Miss Bretherton vii He..escaped behind the scenes as soon as Miss Bretherton's last recall was over. 1903 W. D. Howells Lett. Home xvii. 111 The girl with the Southern accent that sings pathetic ballads of the lost cause, and then coon songs for her recalls. d. A request for the return of a product (esp. one suspected of being faulty or dangerous), issued by a manufacturer to all purchasers concerned. Cf. product recall n. at product n.¹ Compounds 2 and recall v. 2e. ΚΠ 1960 Jrnl. Insurance 27 36/1 How much should be added to the cost of a unit of product..for product recall; or for warranty liabilities? 1976 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 15 Dec. 5/1 More glass has been found in Coca-Cola bottles and..he expects the soft drink company will have to issue another recall. 1991 Times (Florence, Alabama) Daily 16 Apr. a1/1 The recall was prompted by potential thermostat and thermal fuse malfunctions. 2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 27 June c3/2 The recall is the latest incident involving problem products entering the American market from China. 2. a. The act or possibility of revoking, undoing, or annulling something done or past. Chiefly in beyond (also past, without) recall. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > [adjective] > unchangeable unchangeablea1340 immovablec1374 unmovablec1384 immutable1412 unvariablec1425 indeclinable1432 unmutable?a1439 incommutablec1450 irrevocable1490 impermutable1528 irrecoverable1540 inalterable?1541 unreformable1549 inchangeable1583 beyond (also past, without) recall1597 incontrollable1605 invariable1607 unalterable1611 unrecallable1611 untransmutable1611 unreversable1616 involublea1618 irreversible1629 irreducible1633 inconvertible1646 eternal1685 intransmutable1691 unconvertible1700 unvoidable1725 unmodifiable1798 irreformable1812 irrevertible1822 irredeemable1839 true1845 influxible1871 irrevisable1884 intransformable1887 the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > [noun] revoking1395 revocationc1400 cassationc1425 annulling1449 reclamationa1475 annulmenta1492 retractation1531 disannulling1533 abrogation1535 cancellation1535 retraction1536 extinguishment1537 undoing1540 abrenunciation1557 revocating1570 reversement1572 revokement1573 annihilation1579 revocatory1579 annullity1586 retroversion1587 rescission1594 recall1597 recision1606 disannulment1611 repeal1612 rasurea1616 cancelment1621 retractinga1624 cancelling1631 extinction1651 circumduction1726 cassing1844 recallment1845 cancel1884 the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > [adverb] unrevocably1472 beyond (also past, without) recall1597 irrevocably1608 irrepealably1653 1597 R. Parry Sinetes Passions sig. C6 Then lend your ayde before my wracke be such, That past recal the paines encrease too much. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 885 Other Decrees Against thee are gon forth without recall . View more context for this quotation 1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar iii. iii. 43 'Tis done, and since 'tis done, 'tis past recall: And since 'tis past recall, must be forgotten. 1790 A. J. Dallas Rep. Cases Pennsylvania 1 143 After foreclosure, the land is in the mortgagee without any possibility of recal. 1833 H. Martineau French Wines & Politics i. 15 Since the bargain is..beyond recall it is no longer my affair. 1864 R. Browning Rabbi Ben Ezra xxvii All that is, at all, Lasts ever, past recall. 1884 Law Times 77 25/2 The Chancery Division may possess power to order the recall of probate. 1921 Times 13 Aug. 11/3 The first, fine, careless rapture of the summer holiday homecoming is over..beyond recall. 1957 Let. in Times 18 Mar. 9 A treasure which will otherwise soon be past recall. 2005 I. McEwan Saturday ii. 76 His readiness to be persuaded that the world has changed beyond recall. b. The right to rescind an agreement; a provision conferring such a right. rare. ΚΠ 1894 Daily News 14 Apr. 2/7 If you buy that stone you buy it on your own entire judgment, and you have no ‘recall’ upon me. 1919 Mod. Philol. 17 454 In 1448, a recall was provided for contracts made in drunkenness or an unfair occasion. 3. a. The action of remembering or calling back to mind; the ability to remember; (also) an instance of this; (Psychology) the act of calling to mind something previously learned or experienced, esp. in a memory test, usually as distinguished from recognition. total recall: the ability to call to mind every detail that caught the attention. free recall: see free adj., n., and adv. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > [noun] > act of remembering, recollection minOE thoughtc1175 memorya1275 minninga1325 bethinking1340 record1340 recording1340 remembrancec1350 memoriala1382 rememberinga1382 minsing?a1400 rememorancea1438 mindingc1449 remembrancingc1449 rememorationc1449 resouvenancec1450 umbethinkingc1450 sovenance1477 memoration1562 reminiscence1589 recollecting1604 rememorating1606 recollection1633 evocation1646 recall1651 recordancy1654 anamnesis1656 membrance1827 reliving1919 the mind > mental capacity > psychology > developmental psychology > acquisition of knowledge > capacity for retaining experience > [noun] > act of recalling to mind recall1651 free recall1903 the mind > mental capacity > memory > retention in the mind > [noun] > in great detail total recall1953 1651 tr. F. de Quintana Hist. Don Fenise 243 A history I will tell you, at the recall whereof this Cavalier..will understand [etc.]. 1887 Bain in Mind Apr. 161 The recall, resuscitation, or reproduction of ideas already formed. 1894 M. W. Calkins in Psychol. Rev. 1 480 The likelihood of recall increases, therefore, by the recency of the position. 1932 F. C. Bartlett Remembering xv. 256 The matter of recall is mainly a question of interest, while the manner of recall is chiefly one of temperament and character. 1953 Columbia-Viking Desk Encycl. 805/2 His complicated style seeks by total recall to recapture the minutest psychological and sensory detail. 1987 C. Tomalin Katherine Mansfield p. i He was cautious of J. M. Murry's powers of recall, but inclined to accept his version of those events in which he was involved. 2001 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 114 632 The manner and the matter of recall are affected..by factors such as the recaller's social position in her own group. b. The effectiveness of an information retrieval system, expressed as the proportion of relevant items that are successfully retrieved by a particular search. Cf. precision n. 2e. ΚΠ 1961 B. C. Vickery On Retrieval Syst. Theory vi. 88 The function of generic relations in a retrieval system is to increase the recall factor, i.e. the percentage of relevant or related material which is retrieved. 1982 Jrnl. Librarianship 14 45/2 The precis index led to more correct answers and fewer wrong answers than the KWIC index, i.e. it had both better recall and greater precision. 1986 Indexer 15 90/1 The evaluation of indexes was well covered—performance measures and efficiency criteria (recall, precision). 2000 SIAM Rev. 42 552/2 Chapter 6 describes performance evaluation via recall and precision and the use of relevance feedback. 4. a. A sound made as a signal to return; (esp. Military) a signal sounded on a bugle or other instrument to call soldiers back to ranks or to camp, or to indicate the end of a drill or work period. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > signal on instrument > specific signals dian1591 alvarado1598 retreat1600 reveille1633 preparative1635 leveta1640 charge1650 gathering1653 reveil1668 chamade1684 assembly1728 rouse1789 roll-call1793 dinner call1799 taps1824 recall1825 fall-in1834 last post1845 lights out1864 post1864 assemble1883 1825 J. A. Hillhouse Hadad v. iv. 203 Sound the recall: Collect more strength about us. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! ix. 185 The trumpets blow a recall, and the sailors drop back again by twos and threes. 1930 E. Colby Our Army 28/3 In the late afternoon when the bugles blow ‘Recall’ and the fatigue parties come in. 1992 A. R. Trulock In Hands of Providence ix. 281 It was seven o'clock, and the bugles were sounding the recall. b. Nautical. A signal, esp. a flag, used to call back a boat to a ship, or a vessel to a squadron. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > flag signalling > [noun] > signal flag > specific black flag1583 yellow flag1587 red flag1748 yellow jack1753 Blue Peter1754 fire flag1798 recall1832 pilot jack1848 homeward-bound pennant1853 powder flag1864 paying-off pennant1869 Peter1890 storm flag1896 negative flag1897 blackball1966 1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son I. 253 We saw the frigate hoist the recal signal.., and telegraph to her companion.] 1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster III. iv. 45 The recall is up on board of the commodore. 1895 Times 16 Aug. 10/3 The Alexandra flung out the Blue Peter,..and hoisted the general recall for all boats. 1918 E. Noble Naval Side 83 The yeoman was waiting orders which came brusquely from the engineer-commander: ‘Hoist the recall.’ 1961 F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 169 Recall, a flag or other predetermined signal used to recall boats to a ship or a club house, or to recall men from shore. 5. U.S. The removal of an elected government official from office by a system of petition and vote; the right to use this method to terminate a period of office. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > [noun] > removal of government official recall1901 1901 Arena Sept. 272 Popular recall, full education, and all the measures needful to protect the form and substance of democracy. 1922 E. Kimball State & Munic. Govt. in U.S. 283 The recall of judges can be applied only in those states where the judiciary is elected. 1973 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 18 Nov. 43/1 This book seeks the recall of deficient people in power as well. 2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 8 Aug. a14/2 I believe Democrats are united on one crucial point, we are against the recall. II. An act of calling again. 6. A further call or demand; spec. Usually in call and recall. ΚΠ 1799 Times 17 Aug. 1/2 The Department of Seine has posted up a Proclamation..Double calls and recalls will be made to muster those who ought to march. 1823 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 101 254 He makes frequent calls and recalls on our attention. a1894 C. Rossetti Compl. Poems (1979) I. 83 We sang our songs together by the way, Calls and recalls and echoes of delight. 1937 in W. E. Rappard et al. Source Bk. European Govts. iii. xi. 105 Article 17. Call and recall to arms and to the National Militia. 1999 M. Tabberer Maggie v. 86 As the day dragged on, with calls and recalls to see the judges I was in and out of my gown so many times I lost count. Compounds C1. General attributive. recall signal n. ΚΠ 1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son I. 253 We saw the frigate hoist the recal signal.., and telegraph to her companion. 1904 Daily Chron. 11 June 5/4 The eight blocking ships saw the recall signal right enough, but..disregarded it. 2005 Evening Herald (Plymouth) (Nexis) 16 June (Sport section) 53 Ellwood failed to answer the recall signal for being over too early. recall telegram n. ΚΠ 1865 G. G. Meade Let. 1 Feb. (1913) II. 260 I am sorry I could not stay longer with you, but I don't believe I should have had any satisfaction, as every report brought in would have a recall telegram. 1916 H. G. Wells Mr. Britling sees it Through i. i. 27 He wished he knew of somebody who could send a recall telegram from London. 2005 D. S. Russell Winston Churchill Soldier vi. 191 No recall telegram ever reached Churchill. C2. a. U.S. Politics. (In sense 5.) Esp. in recall election. ΚΠ 1904 Los Angeles Times 7 Sept. ii. 4/3 The voters of the Sixth Ward should resent it by giving him a larger majority at the coming recall election. 1910 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 4 85 The law as originally passed contained the recall clause made operative by petition and election. 1955 C. R. Adrian Governing Urban Amer. 91 Under the San Francisco charter, an official against whom an unsuccessful recall attempt is made is entitled to reimbursement for campaign expenses. 1978 Detroit Free Press 16 Apr. 8 a/4 Three more [suburban politicians] are facing a recall election in Birmingham next month. 2004 Time 17 May 62/1 County chair Linn..faces a recall effort, one that the left-of-center Oregonian has endorsed. b. Psychology. (In sense 3a.) ΚΠ 1913 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 24 534 It is often said that recognition is an important part of recall memory, giving warrant to the correctness of the recalled element. 1953 G. A. Miller & J. A. Selfridge in S. Saporta & J. R. Bastian Psycholinguistics (1961) 203/1 The same data are replotted to show the relation of the recall-score to the length of the list. 1977 M. W. Eysenck Human Memory ii. 35 On a subsequent, unexpected recall test, semantically processed material was much better recalled than phonemically or structurally processed material. 1994 C. B. Kopp Baby Steps 125 The 9-month-old's intelligence is helped along by the emergence of recall memory. C3. recall coverage n. insurance against financial loss incurred from the forced recall (sense 1d) of a product. ΚΠ 1971 Wall St. Jrnl. 11 Aug. 28/1 Practically every week now brings news that a potentially faulty or dangerous product is being recalled... Many manufacturers are increasingly interested in..product recall coverage. 1982 Res. Corp. Soc. Performance & Policy 4 194 Assuming a recall proved warranted, it was in the agency's interest to institute it promptly to maximize recall coverage and thereby minimize the risk to users. 2007 Bestwire (Nexis) 7 June When companies do decide on any product recall coverage, the quality and depth offered by the crisis management elements should not be underestimated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). recallv. Brit. /rᵻˈkɔːl/, U.S. /rəˈkɔl/, /riˈkɔl/, /rəˈkɑl/, /riˈkɑl/ Forms: see re- prefix and call v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: re- prefix, call v. Etymology: < re- prefix + call v., probably partly after Middle French rappeler to call back, recall (see repeal v.¹), and partly after classical Latin revocāre revoke v. I. To call back. 1. a. transitive. To withdraw or retract (one's words, a statement, etc.); to undo or annul by taking back (a vow, deed, etc.); to revoke (a command, sentence, decree, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > annul, cancel, revoke [verb (transitive)] fordoOE allayOE withdrawc1290 withclepe13.. again-callc1390 to call againc1390 repealc1390 revokec1400 unmakec1400 rive1415 annulc1425 abroge1427 uncommandc1430 discharge?a1439 retreatc1443 retract1501 cancela1513 abrogate?1520 dissolve1526 extinct1531 rescind1531 abrenounce1537 infringe1543 recall1565 unwrite1577 extinguish1590 exauctorate1593 relinquish1594 unact1594 to strike off1597 undecide1601 unpass1606 to take off1609 to draw back1610 reclaim1615 to put back1616 abrenunciate1618 unrip1622 supersedeate1641 to set off1642 unassure1643 unorder1648 to ask away1649 disdetermine1651 unbespeak1661 undecree1667 reassumea1675 off-break1702 circumduct1726 raise1837 resiliate1838 denounce1841 disorder1852 pull1937 1565 N. Sanders Supper of Our Lord vii. f. 368^v No wise man knowing that he repented his follie, will afterward allege his authoritie for that, which he recalled. 1588 R. Greene Pandosto sig. C3^v I haue committed such a bloudy fact, as repent I may, but recall I cannot. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. i. 147 Passed sentence may not be recal'd . View more context for this quotation 1659 H. Thorndike Epil. Trag. Church of Eng. i. 175 A man of so much knowledge, as to think himselfe fit to recall the Lawes of his Country. 1686 tr. J. Chardin Coronation Solyman 45 in Trav. Persia You have not kept your word with him,..he recalls his own. 1724 G. Jeffreys Edwin v. i. 61 Unless her dear forgiving Lips recall My Doom too justly pass'd. 1785 A. Gwynn Rencontre II. xv. 177 I hate—hate!—hate my husband?—let me recall the word! 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1869) II. xl. 497 They recalled the hasty decree. 1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I II. iii. 84 Charles instantly recalled the new duties on merchandize, which he had imposed. ?1871 W. S. Gilbert Randall's Thumb i. 19 He is dead, and therefore cannot recall his words. a1930 E. A. Robinson Coll. Poems (1937) 1024 The word was given, and was not recalled. 1989 Times Law Rep. 30 Aug. 26/2 A judge in a county court was entitled to recall a judgment he had delivered following his change of mind. 2006 Business Recorder (Nexis) 8 Nov. The speaker recalled his decision and converted it into a warning. †b. intransitive. To recant; to make a disavowal or retraction. Also transitive (reflexive) in same sense. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] > recant or retract revoke1395 renayc1450 reclaima1475 faggot1538 recant1542 recry1568 to eat one's words1571 recall1585 unsay1585 retract1644 palinode1847 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. iii. 58 That all heretikes not recalling themselues by admonition should be auoided. 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie ii. vi. sig. E8 When I..heard him sweare I was a Pythian, Yet straight recald, & sweares I did but quote Out of Xilinum.., I could scarce hold. 1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον ii. 88 Aske what thou wilt,..It shall be granted thee, Apollo said... Let me then liue (said I) till I haue told So many yeares, as there are bodies small Lockt in this hand. The god could not recall, Nor I vnsay. c. transitive. To revoke, take back (a gift). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession of [verb (transitive)] > again or back repealc1390 repossedea1513 repossessa1513 recall1609 repo1972 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xi. 25 We heere below, Recall not what we giue. View more context for this quotation 1724 M. Davys Reform'd Coquet 104 Why did you let me see Alanthus, to whom I have given a Heart, which is not in my power to recall? 1763 J. Hey Redemption 13 Mild was the Law that will'd but to recall A voluntary gift. 1860 Ld. Tennyson Tithonus in Cornhill Mag. Feb. 176 The Gods themselves cannot recall their gifts. 1885 ‘M. Field’ William Rufus ii. iv, in Father's Trag. 87 His gifts were straight recalled; each debt was held Due as of old, and all that he had sworn Undone in doing. 1925 E. D. Saunders Lect. on Civil Code Louisiana 80 If the wife desires to recall the donation made to her husband during marriage she can do so. 2004 R. Hard Routledge Handbk. Greek Mythology v. 154 No god can recall his gifts. 2. a. transitive. To call back or summon (a person, or figurative a thing) to return to or from a place; to restore (a person) to a former position or occupation, membership of a team, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restoration of a person > [verb (transitive)] uprighta1340 to bring to (one's) statea1387 restorea1387 remount?c1400 reducec1425 redraw1480 reintegrate1495 restitutec1503 repair?1521 revocate1527 recall1567 redintegrate1578 rehabilitate1580 refetch1599 revindicate1609 re-estate1611 uprighten1618 redintegrate1622 restate1625 redeem1686 society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > summon > back again-callc1390 revokec1425 rescrya1450 countermand1464 renvoy1477 reappeal1480 repeala1500 remand1525 recall1567 reclaim1590 return1590 speed1606 to call back1611 hark back1813 withcall1901 1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 144^v Teares can not reuoke the ded, Nor cries recall a drowned man to lande. 1595 Blanchardine & Eglantine ii. xiii. sig. I4 As fire giuen to the ordinance, tis to late to recall the shot: So mightie king, booteles are these teares which are shed for the dead. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) v. iv. 153 Let them be recall'd from their Exile. View more context for this quotation 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 38 These..were all re-cald home to their fathers Pallaces. 1670 A. Marvell Let. 21 Mar. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 313 About the same Time the King had resolved to recal the Lord Roberts back. 1725 London Gaz. No. 6367/1 Prince Galliczin..having been recalled and received his Recredential Letters, is to have..his Audience of Leave of his..Majesty. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. i. 2 The inroads of the Goths and other Barbarians obliged the Romans..to recal those legions which guarded the frontier provinces. 1817 P. B. Shelley Mont Blanc ii, in Hist. Six Weeks' Tour 177 Some phantom, some faint image; till the breast From which they fled recalls them. 1874 Times 24 Oct. 7/2 Lord Anglesey was recalled from Ireland, being too sympathetic with the Irish. 1930 C. Bax Socrates in Six Plays i. 481 The Government is recalling certain exiles from Salamis, and three citizens have been appointed to fetch them. 1961 D. Heller & D. Heller Kennedy Cabinet iv. 69 Impressed by Dillon's skill and breadth of economic experience, Secretary Dulles recalled him to Washington. 1991 Independent 5 Jan. 47/7 Portsmouth could recall their former England defender Stevens after a hamstring injury. 2003 Bang Apr. 38/1 In time, the mysterious Frankie Poullain was recalled from Venezuela to add the bass. b. transitive. Without reference to physical location: to bring back (a thing or person) by or as by a call. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > cause to move back [verb (transitive)] > lead or bring back > as by calling upon recall1580 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. in Euphues (new ed.) f. 38^v Time lost may well be repented but neuer recalled. 1632 R. Brome Northern Lasse i. iii. sig. B3^v There's no recalling time. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 926 But past who can recall, or don undoe? View more context for this quotation 1734 A. Pope Ess. Man iv. 120 Shall burning Ætna..Forget to thunder, and recall her fires? 1767 tr. C. di Beccaria Bonesana Ess. Crimes xii. 43 Can the groans of a tortured wretch recal the time past, or reverse the crime he has committed? 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna xii. xxviii. 264 Ye who must lament The death of those that made this world so fair, Cannot recall them now. 1854 Capt. Rafter tr. A. de Lamartine Hist. Restoration Monarchy in France (new ed.) IV. xli. 134 He burned with impatience to return to the great political stage, and to recall absent attention to himself once more, by going back to France. 1943 A. Rand Fountainhead ii. vi. 276 He would bring her to the humiliation of accepting the past—by being first to utter the word recalling it to reality. 1988 S. D. Caracciolo tr. A. Banti Artemisia 111 I now admit that it is not possible to recall to life and understand an action that happened three hundred years ago. 2000 G. Cook Soldiers Live 1 We were supernatural, many recalled from the dead, the ultimate Stone Soldiers. c. transitive. Usually with to. To bring back (the attention, mind, etc.) to a subject. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > call to mind, recollect [verb (transitive)] > mind, attention reduce?a1475 recall1592 recollect1598 the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > engage the attention [verb (transitive)] > again recall1592 untomb1840 1592 tr. F. Du Jon Apocalypsis vi. 20 Al those meanes at once, by which before seuerally and in order he had recalled their mindes vnto amendment. 1594 L. Lewkenor tr. O. de la Marche Resolued Gentleman f. 18^v When I had recalled my minde to ful consideration thereof, I thought good to apart me from his counsel. 1650 E. Williams Virgo Triumphans 44 Let them but recall their Memory, how by the prevailency of Gondamore the Corporation was dissolved, their patent cancelled. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 422 But him the gentle Angel by the hand Soon rais'd, and his attention thus recall'd . View more context for this quotation 1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women I. ii. 43 Let me recall the attention of my female friends to a subject that concerns them highly. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 21 We must recall their erring fancies to the acts of the Revolution. View more context for this quotation a1822 P. B. Shelley Let. to — in Posthumous Poems (1824) 67 I recal My thoughts and bid you look upon the night. 1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years I. 430 The king wished to recall to his own person the too long diverted attention of the public. 1897 A. R. Urquhart in Dict. National Biogr. LII. 320/2 It recalled..the attention of psychiatrists to the physical basis of mental aberration. 1922 A. Huxley Mortal Coils i. iii. 43 He had ceased to pay any attention to Miss Spence's words. The spasmodic clutching of her hand recalled his thoughts. 1945 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 58 359 The Vicar General has made his commentary largely a pretext for extensive moralizing to which..he recalls the wandering attention of the cadets. 2002 Polity (Nexis) 22 Dec. 237 The austere artistry to which Connor and others have recalled our attention. d. transitive. To issue an official summons calling for the reconvening of (a parliament, national assembly, etc.). Cf. recall n. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > summon > together summonc1275 indict1538 accerse1548 convocate?1553 convent1569 convene1596 convoke1598 recall1648 1648 C. Cotterell & W. Aylesbury tr. E. C. Davila Contin. Civill Warres France xiv. 1285 The City of Paris was recovered absolutely to the Kings obedience, who having caused a general pardon to be published..recall'd the Parliament. 1683 J. Bulteel tr. F. E. de Mézeray Gen. Chronol. Hist. France 456 In the Month of August following, the King recalled the Parliament. 1734 T. Salmon Mod. Hist. XXI. xxxv. 212 He might not by his Proclamation recall the Parliament to meet again. 1835 A. T. Malkin Gallery of Portraits with Mem. IV. 6 The Parliament was recalled, and Law finally disgraced. 1857 Times 6 Mar. 4/2 Her Majesty's Government will only ask the sanction of both Houses..with the view of recalling Parliament. 1953 Los Angeles Times 22 Aug. 1/7 The Assembly steering committee voted to put off until Monday a decision on whether the Assembly will be recalled. 1979 Oil & Gas Jrnl. (Nexis) 24 Dec. 37 Clark said that if he is reelected he will recall Parliament in March. 2002 Scotsman (Nexis) 1 Apr. 4 The First Minister of Wales..said yesterday that he was discussing whether to recall the Welsh assembly. e. transitive. Of a manufacturer: to request the return of (a faulty product). ΚΠ 1948 Amending Fed. Trade Comm. Act (80th Congr. House) 193 Immediately the product was recalled, working with the manufacturer, over the entire country, from 6000 dealers. 1962 L. Lasagna Doctors' Dilemmas 282 The product was recalled, the formula changed on the basis of research by the company, and marketing resumed. 1976 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 15 Dec. 5/6 Last weekend, Coca-Cola, recalled about 200,000 of its 26-ounce bottles. 2007 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Nexis) 25 June Millions of toys many..have been recalled this year for problems ranging from lead paint to magnets that can be harmful if swallowed. 3. a. transitive. To call or bring back (a person) to or from a certain activity, state, state of mind, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restoration of a person > [verb (transitive)] > to or from a place or way reduce?a1425 recall1579 1579 A. Munday Mirrour Mutabilitie i. sig. Aiij^v God had so bountefully extended his mercy vpon him, as to recall him from his former follyes. 1581 P. Wiburn Checke or Reproofe M. Howlets Shreeching f. 84^v Is that to recall them home; By fire and fagot to consume them to asshes? a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. i. 66 If Henry were recall'd to life againe, These news would cause him once more yeeld the Ghost. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 330 Recall'd To life prolongd and promisd Race, I now Gladly behold though but his utmost skirts Of glory. View more context for this quotation c1705 G. Berkeley Commonplace Bk. in Wks. (1871) IV. 455 To be eternally banishing Metaphisics, etc., and recalling men to Common Sense. 1766 T. Gray Let. 23 Sept. (1971) III. 935 He..by such afflictions recalls us from our wandering thoughts & idle merriment..to serious reflection. 1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne ii. 36 We are so constantly recalled to right and severe reason. 1821 Ld. Byron Cain iii. i, in Sardanapalus 420 May his soft spirit..recall thee To peace and holiness! 1871 R. W. Dale Ten Commandm. Introd. 9 The Commandments recall us to the better faith of earlier times. 1915 J. Conrad Within Tides 21 Renouard, recalled to himself, waited silent and mistrustful. 1938 E. Bowen Death of Heart ii. iv. 238 The milled pressure of the new coin's edge, when she closed her hand, recalled her to where she was. 1956 C. G. Osgood tr. G. Boccaccio Boccaccio on Poetry ix. 51 The mind that is slipping into inactivity is recalled to a state of better and more vigorous fruition. 2000 G. Kranz Failure Is Not Option xiii. 323 Engineers hastily recalled from sleep. b. transitive (reflexive). To recollect oneself. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restoration of a person > restore oneself [verb (reflexive)] > to or from a state or condition recall1638 recovera1660 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 58 Polemo, forced by the weightinesse of his speech, could not but recall himselfe by little and little. 1747 P. Doddridge Some Remarkable Passages Life Col. J. Gardiner 97 Though a useful friend or dear relative be snatched away by death, I recall myself, and check my thoughts. 1839 N. Ogle Mariamne xv. 257 She first recalled herself, and checked the flood of love that had spread over every sense. 1931 P. S. Buck Good Earth i. 6 Wang Lung stared and recalled himself and was ashamed. 2002 H. Turtledove Through Darkness 285 After a little while, he seemed to recall himself, and sat back down. 4. transitive. Frequently with to. a. To call or bring back (a circumstance, event, etc.) to one's mind; to recollect, remember. Formerly with †over. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > call to mind, recollect [verb (transitive)] i-thenchec897 bethinkOE mingOE thinkOE monelOE umbethinkc1175 to draw (also take) into (or to) memorya1275 minc1330 record1340 revert1340 remembera1382 mindc1384 monishc1384 to bring to mindc1390 remenec1390 me meanetha1400 reducec1425 to call to mind1427 gaincall1434 pense1493 remord?1507 revocate1527 revive1531 cite1549 to call back1572 recall1579 to call to mind (also memory, remembrance)1583 to call to remembrance1583 revoke1586 reverse1590 submonish1591 recover1602 recordate1603 to call up1606 to fetch up1608 reconjure1611 collect1612 remind1615 recollect1631 rememorize1632 retrieve1644 think1671 reconnoitre1729 member1823 reminisce1829 rememorate1835 recomember1852 evoke1856 updraw1879 withcall1901 access1978 the mind > mental capacity > memory > call to mind, recollect [verb (transitive)] > something specified recollect1559 to rub up?1571 rub1574 recall1579 mind1590 resummon1605 1579 A. Munday Mirrour Mutabilitie i. sig. Dij I thirtie pence receiued for my deed, Which after warde when I recalld to minde, For my offence great wrath to mee assignde. 1593 B. Barnes Parthenophil & Parthenophe xx. 94 Then I recall'd how farre loues power exceedes Aboue the bloudie menace of rough warre. 1611 Bible (King James) Lament. iii. 21 This I recall to my mind, therefore haue I hope. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 106 Mary pondering oft, and oft to mind Recalling what remarkably had pass'd. View more context for this quotation 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. i. 42 'Tis strange, the Soul should never..recal over any of its pure, native Thoughts. 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. xiv. 287 Recall what was before observed concerning the Affection to moral Characters. 1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne 247 We now begin to recall the Gothic labours of our ancestors. 1822 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater 23 I cannot yet recal, without smiling, an incident which occurred at that time. 1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men II. v. 1 It would be easy to recall the names of men who eclipsed him by their achievements. 1901 S. E. White Westerners xxxv. 317 He could not recall all the story he had told the Indian agent. 1947 P. Hamburger in New Yorker Aug. 21/1 She drove away in a sporty-looking car—it was a Cadillac, as I recall. 1970 L. Niven Ringworld 106 We never did invent hyperdrive, if you'll recall. 2007 Clash July 23/1 In the seven years I spent in that place I don't recall witnessing one single racist incident. b. To bring back to the mind, memory, etc.; to bring about the recollection or remembrance of; to be reminiscent of, to evoke. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > remind [verb (transitive)] mingOE mina1200 bethink1340 recorda1382 reducec1425 rememberc1425 rememorate1460 mind1524 revive?1564 remembrance1593 recall1595 prompt1600 remind1621 enmind1645 immind1647 refricate1657 commonish1661 flap1790 to touch up1796 1595 B. Barnes Divine Cent. Spirituall Sonnets lxxix. sig. F3^v The tearmelesse date of my sweete second life..Freshly recals those Loues, and graces rife. 1634 J. Barton Art of Rhetorick vi. 26 Here the latter clause is so inferred, that it recalls the former. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. iv. 13 Wheras a Proper Name bringeth to mind one thing onely; Universals recall any one of those many. 1729 A. Pope Dunciad (new ed.) i. 93 Much to the mindful Queen the feast recalls. 1779 J. Moore View Society & Manners France II. xcv. 423 Any statue of the Virgin would serve as effectually as that to recal her to the memory. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna v. xxxvii. 111 The sleepless silence did recal Laone to my thoughts. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 225 The expectation of his death recalls the promise of his youth. 1912 H. Belloc This & That 20 Naples recalled to me an American seaboard town so vividly that I could have thought myself upon the Pacific. 1932 A. Waley tr. Murasaki Shikibu Lady of Boat viii. 305 If only I had something that would recall her to my mind. 1971 B. Sidran Black Talk iii. 74 A melancholy that recalled the intense ‘mood’ of some of Ellington's work. 2006 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 10 Mar. d3/2 (advt.) Narrow tree-lined lanes..recall the charming conventions of such places as Charleston. c. To recount (a circumstance, event, etc.) from one's memory. Also more generally: to recount, go over, rehearse. ΚΠ 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xii. 197 Let me recall to you—but the task must be brief—the odd and wayward fates of my youth, and the misfortunes of my manhood. 1865 G. Grey in Parl. Deb. 3rd ser. 179 458 Let me recall to the House what were the circumstances under which that Act was passed. 1930 D. L. Sayers Strong Poison ii. 25 Members of the jury—there is no need, I think, for me to recall the course of Philip Boyes' illness in great detail. 1974 K. Amis Ending Up xxxi. 143 Half an hour earlier, Trevor had recalled to her the Christmas of five years previously. 2000 M. Drabble Peppered Moth 222 As Serafina now loudly recalled, most of us lived in basements. 5. transitive. To bring back, restore, revive, resuscitate (a feeling, quality, or state). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restore [verb (transitive)] > a condition or state of things accordlOE to call againc1390 reduce1419 repeala1500 to call back?1510 recall1580 reinduce1609 gaincall1611 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. in Euphues (new ed.) f. 41^v Vnto whom I wryt many letters to take paciently y^e death of him, whose life could not be recalled. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. ii. 61 Might liquid teares..recall his Life; I would be blinde with weeping, sicke with grones. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 95 How soon Would highth recal high thoughts. View more context for this quotation 1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera iii. xiii. 55 Their Eyes, their Lips, their Busses Recall my Love. 1768 A. Murphy Zenobia i. 14 Each vital pow'r was sunk, but he, well skill'd In potent herbs, recall'd my flutt'ring soul. 1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci iii. ii. 53 Once gone You cannot now recall your sister's peace. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxxxiii. 120 Autumn..Recalls, in change of light or gloom, My old affection of the tomb. 1902 J. Payne Poet. Wks. I. 148 Even in her husband's house, and being there, To make one last endeavour to recall Her love to him, whatever might befall. †6. transitive. To bring back or down, to reduce (a thing) to a certain number. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xxxi. 231 Aristotle recalled the laws of this connection to four, or rather to three. 7. transitive. Computing. To transfer (a program, data, etc.) from long-term storage to a location where it can be rapidly processed, displayed, etc. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > data > database > use data [verb (transitive)] > store > copy or transfer read1940 to read out1946 copy1953 dump1956 list1958 recall1966 to roll out1969 import1977 upload1977 export1982 1966 Proc. AFIPS Conf. 29 150/1 An alphanumeric or special character macro identification code used in recalling the macro is keyed next. 1976 Chem. Week 3 Mar. 31/2 It has put quality-related data on a time-sharing computer where it's easily recalled. 1984 Mail on Sunday 2 Dec. (Colour Suppl.) 6/2 (advt.) You can keep 16 preset programmes in the memory... Each one can be recalled at the touch of a button. 1995 European Jrnl. Marketing 29 54 Once codes have been assigned to the data the computer can recall and print out all material belonging to a specific code using specialized retrieval functions. II. To call again. 8. intransitive and transitive. To call again, call a second time; to call in return. ΚΠ 1604 S. Grahame Passionate Sparke sig. E There mighty Clamors with my carefull Cries The Eechoes voice from hollow Caues recalles. 1737 H. Baker tr. Virgil in Medulla Poetarum Romanorum II. 201 Where-e'er the Fates Call, or recall Us, let Us follow still. 1796 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum V. 459 While falling, recalling, The amorous thrush concludes his sang. 1812 W. H. Ireland Neglected Genius 105 The poet calls, recalls, and calls again. 1863 Times 19 Mar. 13/1 He then proceeded to recall the names in a regular way. a1925 G. Sigerson Songs & Poems (1927) l. 6 A-calling and re-calling the years fled away..The music of Youth is the Blackbird's sweet lay! 2001 Irish News (Nexis) 24 July 190 When I tried recalling the number from whence the messages came, it was a non-existent! Derivatives reˈcalled adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > [adjective] > summoning > summoned > back revoked1461 recalled1592 1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 81 At length, and yet not with a perfect recalled minde. 1797 J. Adams in Jrnl. Senate U.S. (1820) 5th Congr. 1 Sess. 359 The minister of foreign relations informed the recalled American minister, that the executive directory had determined not to receive another minister plenipotentiary from the United States. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 1 Oct. 7/1 The recalled Governor of Indo-China. 1995 New Yorker 27 Mar. 98/2 Set pieces of sustained drama include sharply recalled episodes of boyhood angst. reˈcaller n. ΚΠ 1625 T. Adams Three Serm. i. 19 In this place comes in Repentance; as a rectifier of disorders, a recaller of abberations, a repairer of all decayes and breaches. 1874 Times 24 Oct. 7/2 If any slur remains on anyone for that transaction it is on the recallers rather than on the recalled. 1932 R. H. Wheeler & F. T. Perkins Princ. Mental Devel. xxi. 396 The recaller possesses a field of brain energy of a certain definite amount. 2001 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 114 632 The manner and the matter of recall are affected..by factors such as the recaller's social position in her own group. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1586v.1565
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