Definition of recall

• v. t. - To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador.
• v. t. - To revoke; to annul by a subsequent act; to take back; to withdraw; as, to recall words, or a decree.
• v. t. - To call back to mind; to revive in memory; to recollect; to remember; as, to recall bygone days.
• n. - A calling back; a revocation.
• n. - A call on the trumpet, bugle, or drum, by which soldiers are recalled from duty, labor, etc.