recalescence (rekalesens)

[ recall (re-kal'), v. t. [ call back from a distance; summon or cause to return or to be returned; bring back by a call, summons, or demand: as, to recall an amba ador or a ship; we cannot recall our lost youth. If Henry were recall'd to life again, These news would cause him once more yield the ghost. Shak., 1 Hen. VI., i. 1. 66. At the expiration of six years he was suddenly recalled to his native country by the death of his father. Pre scott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 5. 2. To call back to mind or perception; renew the memory or experience of; bring again, as something formerly experienced. How soon Would highth recall high thoughts! I recall it, not see it; Could vision be clearer? Milton , P. L., iv. 95. Lowell , Fountain of Youth. 3. To revoke; take back, as something given or parted with; countermand; abrogate; cancel: as, to recall a decree or an order; to recall an edition of a book. Pa ed sentence may not be recall'd . Shak., C. of E., i. 1. 148. The doore of grace turnes upon smooth hinges wide opening to send out; but soon shutting to recall the precious offers of mercy to a nation. Milton, Church-Government, i. 7. The Gods themselves cannot recall their gifts. Tennyson , Tithonus. Rescind, etc. (see abolish ). =Syn. 3. Recant, Abjure, etc. (see renounce); Repeal, recall (rē-kal), n. [ back; a summons to return; a demand for reappearance, as of a performer after he has left the stage (usually indicated by long-continued applause): as, the recall of an amba ador; the recall of an actor.-2. A calling back to mind; the act of summoning up the memory of something; a bringing back from the past. The recall , resuscitation, or reproduction of ideas already formed takes place according to fixed laws, and not at random. Mind, XII. 161. 3. Revocation; countermand; retraction; abrogation. Those indulgent laws Will not be now vouchsafed; other decrees Against thee are gone forth without recall . Milton , P. L., v. 885. 'Tis done, and, since 'tis done, 'tis past recall . Dryden , Spanish Friar, iii. 3. IMG:content-1727.png:[blocks in formation]