Definition of: recall

(ri·kôl′) v.t.
1. To call back; order or summon to return.
2. To summon back in awareness or attention.
3. To recollect; remember.
4. To take back; revoke; countermand.
5. Poetic To revive; restore. See synonyms under REMEMBER, RENOUNCE.
—noun (ri·kôl′, rē′kôl′)
1. A calling back or to mind.
2. A signal to call back soldiers, etc., as by a bugle call, the display of a flag, etc.
3. Revocation, as of an order.
4. In certain States, a system whereby public officials may be removed from office by popular vote.