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re·call  audio  (r-kôl) KEY 

TRANSITIVE VERB:
re·called, re·call·ing, re·calls
  1. To ask or order to return: recalled all workers who had been laid off.
  2. To summon back to awareness of or concern with the subject or situation at hand.
  3. To remember; recollect. See Synonyms at remember.
  4. To cancel, take back, or revoke.
  5. To bring back; restore.
  6. To request return (of a product) to the manufacturer, as for necessary repairs or adjustments.
NOUN:
(also rkôl)
  1. The act of recalling or summoning back, especially an official order to return.
  2. A signal, such as a bugle call, used to summon troops back to their posts.
  3. The ability to remember information or experiences.
  4. The act of revoking.
    1. The procedure by which a public official may be removed from office by popular vote.
    2. The right to employ this procedure.
  6. A request by the manufacturer of a product that has been identified as defective to return it, as for necessary repairs or adjustments.


OTHER FORMS:
re·calla·ble(Adjective)


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