RECALLING

Verb

recalling

present participle of recall

Noun

recalling (countable and uncountable, plural recallings)

The act by which something is recalled.

Anagrams

• cellaring

Source: Wiktionary


RECALL

Re*call", v. t.

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.

Re*call", n.

1. A calling back; a revocation. 'T his done, and since 't is done, 't is past recall. Dryden.

2. (Mil.)

Definition: A call on the trumpet, bugle, or drum, by which soldiers are recalled from duty, labor, etc. Wilhelm.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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