transitive. figurative. With abstract or inanimate subject: to call (someone or something) to come. Frequently with adverb of direction. Also…

intransitive. To issue a call or summons, to call; whistle for, to summon. Now rare or Obsolete (except as implied in sense 1 or 4).

intransitive. To sound a call on a trumpet or other instrument. Also with the instrument as subject.

(originally figurative from 6d) To summon to attend, as the members of a party for a division in Parliament, or any body of persons for some united…

intransitive. To cause a bell or bells to sound; spec. to summon or send for a person or required object by this means. Also in figurative contexts.