withcall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: wĭth′kôl′
enpr: wĭth-
ipa: /ˌwɪðˈkɔːl/
ipa: /ˌwɪθ-/
ipa: /ˌwɪðˈkɑl/
ipa: /ˌwɪθ-/
note: without the cot–caught merger
ipa: /ˌwɪðˈkɔl/
note: without the cot–caught merger
ipa: /ˌwɪθ-/
note: without the cot–caught merger
ipa: /ˌwɪðˈkɒl/
note: without the cot–caught merger
ipa: /ˌwɪθ-/
ipa: /ˌwɪðˈkoːl/
ipa: /ˌwɪθ-/
ipa: /ˌwəðˈkoːl/
ipa: /ˌwəθ-/
ipa: /ˌwɪðˈkɔl/
ipa: /ˌwɪθ-/
ipa: /ˌwid̪ˈkɒl/
ipa: /ˌwit̪-/
rhymes: -ɔːl
Forms: form: withcalls
form: withcalling
form: withcalled
form: withcalled
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English withcallen (“to recall, call back; revoke”). By surface analysis, with- (“back, away”) + call.
Senses: examples: text: Two of the Grand Jurisdictions have discontinued the use of this system and have withcalled their Grand Representatives.
ref: 1895-1897, Proceedings, page 16:
text: The second dog pounced, and the two snarled and slashed, but not the woman now so much as each other, for they were mad with excitement and the sharp whistle withcalling them maddened them still more.
ref: 1935, Neil M. Gunn, Butcher's Broom:
text: Great Britain may also have in mind the fiasco that occurred at the London conference when President Roosevelt suddenly withcalled the American delegates, and desires to avoid a repetition of the same thing.
ref: 1935, Financial World, volume 64, page 112:
glosses: To call back, recall.
examples: text: Alas, that he should himself have fallen on that very enchanted ground, from which it was the business and the glory of his life to withcall his younger brethren!
ref: 1833, Peter Walker, Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater, Biblical repertory:
text: Could Mary,
womb of Jesus, be
Withcalled from vast eternity,
And brought, at last, again to breathe,
And given vision to conceive […]
ref: 1994, Matt Fitzgerald, Shame about the Title, page 61:
glosses: To bring back, restore.
examples: text: […] intended to withcall him from his Studies, […]
ref: 1716, Weekly remarks, and political reflections upon the most material news:
text: A policy which withcalls us from the great task we have in the Pacific is recreant to our duty as a great state, and to all that we owe to the civilization of the world.
ref: 1916, California Alumni Association, The California Alumni Fortnightly:
glosses: To call or draw away (from); divert.
examples: text: He withcalls all he's swore.
ref: 1901, Prior, Forest Flk.:
text: […] I got this report this morning but since he continued to work I didn't feel or figure the significance of it amounted to very much so I didn't see any reason to withcall my report and rewrite it.
ref: 1964, The Journal, volume 35, Issue 2, Oklahoma Bar Association, page 1965:
glosses: To withdraw or retract, especially one's words; recant; unsay.
examples: text: At the earnest solicitation of his church, Mr. Grupe has withcalled his resignation and will remain in the church as pastor.
ref: 1905, The Advance, volume 50, page 425:
text: There is a petition in circulation with over 1,000 signatures to withcall the said mayor.
ref: 1919, The Journal of Electrical Workers and Operators, volume 18, page 94:
text: He provoked a crisis in the international industry in 1956 by withcalling options held by the established producers and auctioning off large concessions to new companies more willing than the old ones to expand output.
ref: 1993, Bruce McKern, Transnational Corporations and the Exploitation of Natural Resources:
glosses: To recall or revoke; call off; rescind; cancel.
Synonyms: recant
take back
Derived terms: word: withcalling