Recall



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• v. 回想, 回忆起;收回n. 唤回
• ［英］ v. 回想, 回忆起 ( bring back to the mind) ; 收回 ( take back) ; n. 唤回 ( call to return)
• ［记］ re（向后）+call（喊, 想） -> 回想

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb

• Date: 15th century
• 1. cancel, revoke
• 2.
  • a. to call back <was recalled to active duty><a pitcher recalled from the minors>
  • b. to bring back to mind <recalled seeing her somewhere before>
  • c. to remind one of ; resemble <a playwright who recalls the Elizabethan dramatists>
• 3. restore, revive
• Synonyms: see remember
• ? recallability noun
• ? recallable adjective
• ? recaller noun

II. noun

• Date: 1611
• 1. a call to return <a recall of workers after a layoff>
• 2. the right or procedure by which an official may be removed by vote of the people
• 3. remembrance of what has been learned or experienced
• 4. the act of revoking
• 5. a public call by a manufacturer for the return of a product that may be defective or contaminated

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