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Definition of Recalling
1. recall [v] - See also: recall
Lexicographical Neighbors of Recalling
Literary usage of Recalling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1880)
"Their reason for not recalling him. Question why this was not a reason for ...
Their reason for not recalling Lord Raglan was one of the most simple kind: ..."
2. A Brief for the Trial of Civil Issues Before a Jury by Austin Abbott, William Charles Wermuth (1922)
"Recalling for purpose of.—The court may, in its discretion, permit the recalling
of a witness of an adverse party for the purpose of laying a foundation for ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"... Charles Reade paid a cordial tribute to the memory of this ' dramatic musician
and amiable man,' recalling to the mind of the playgoing public the ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1887)
"The duchess afterwards wrote angry letters, recalling this promise, and showing
a spirit which made any friendly communication impossible ..."
5. Literary Friends and Acquaintance: A Personal Retrospect of American Authorship by William Dean Howells (1900)
"He was proud of having insisted upon Holmes's doing something for the new venture,
and he was fond of recalling the author's misgivings concerning his ..."
6. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas ( Hobbes (1843)
"... also the recalling of Alcibiades, and those that were in exile with him : and
sending to him and to the army at Samos, willed them to fall in hand with ..."
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