recall
     n 1: a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to
          return the product (as for replacement or repair) [syn:
          {callback}]
     2: a call to return; "the recall of our ambassador"
     3: a bugle call that signals troops to return
     4: the process of remembering (especially the process of
        recovering information by mental effort); "he has total
        recall of the episode" [syn: {recollection}, {reminiscence}]
     5: the act of removing an official by petition
     v 1: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't
          remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her
          last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?";
          "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up
          memories" [syn: {remember}, {retrieve}, {call back}, {call
          up}, {recollect}, {think}] [ant: {forget}]
     2: go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous
        remark of his" [syn: {hark back}, {return}, {come back}]
     3: call to mind; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy" [syn: {echo}]
     4: summon to return; "The ambassador was recalled to his
        country"; "The company called back many of the workers it
        had laid off during the recession" [syn: {call back}]
     5: cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to
        return from a reverie or digression; "She was recalled by
        a loud laugh"
     6: make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution; "The
        company recalled the product when it was found to be
        faulty" [ant: {issue}]
     7: cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires";
        "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
        [syn: {call in}, {call back}, {withdraw}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0