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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: call - callant</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="call"> call, verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to say, especially in a loud voice; shout or cry out. Ex. The nurse called the names of the next three patients. <DD> 2a. to give a signal to. Ex. The bell called the class to order. <DD> b. to attract the attention of, especially by a characteristic sound. Ex. to call a moose. <DD> 3. to rouse; waken. Ex. Call me at seven o'clock. <DD> 4. to command to appear, act, or the like; summon. Ex. He called his dog with a loud whistle. Obey when duty calls you. He called us to help him. <DD> 5. to ask to come; cause to come. Ex. Call a repairman. He called a cab. He called the assembly to order. His case will be called in court tomorrow. <DD> 6. to get; bring. Ex. to call forth a reply, (Figurative.) call out the best in a person. (Figurative.) The space age has called into existence a whole new body of scientific and technical words. <DD> 7. to give a name to; name. Ex. to call a person a fool. They called the new baby "John." (SYN) term. <DD> 8. to read over aloud. Ex. The teacher called the class roll. <DD> 9. to declare; proclaim; announce. Ex. The head of the union called a strike. <DD> 10. to talk to by telephone; telephone. Ex. Call me at the office. <DD> 11. to consider; estimate. Ex. Everyone called the party a success. <DD> 12a. to end; stop. Ex. The ball game was called on account of rain. <DD> b. (Sports.) (of an umpire or linesman) to declare a decision in respect to (a pitch, a ball, etc.). Ex. The umpire called the ball foul. He called the runner out at second. <DD> 13a. to demand payment of. Ex. The bank called my father's loan. <DD> b. to demand for payment. Ex. The company will call its bonds April first. <DD> 14. (U.S. Informal.) to declare or describe in advance; predict. Ex. The stock market "called" every recession and recovery since 1948 (Time). <DD> 15. to select for a particular task. Ex. to be called to the ministry. <DD> 16. to demand a show of hands of (a person) in poker. Ex. The gambler called the previous player by making an equal bet. <DD> 17. to describe (a shot one is about to make) by naming an object ball or pocket in billiards or pool, a target in shooting, or any other objective. <DD> 18. to chant or shout (instructions) for square dancing. Ex. He called the figures for the dance. <DD> 19. to declare (trumps). <DD>v.i. 1. to speak, especially in a loud voice; shout or cry. Ex. He called from downstairs. (SYN) yell, shriek, scream. <DD> 2. (of a bird or other animal) to make its special noise or cry. Ex. The crows called to each other from the trees around the meadow. <DD> 3. to telephone. Ex. Did anyone call today? <DD> 4. to make a short visit or stop. Ex. Our pastor called yesterday. Eight in the morning on his way to the jetty Scobie called at the bank (Graham Greene). <DD> 5. to demand that hands be shown in a game of poker. Ex. He called for a show of hands. <DD> 6. (Scottish.) to drive. <DD>noun 1. a loud sound, shout or cry. Ex. I heard the swimmer's call for help. <DD> 2a. the special noise or cry a bird or other animal makes. Ex. The call of a moose came from the forest. <DD> b. a cry or sound used to attract or decoy birds or animals. <DD> c. an instrument used to imitate the note of a bird or cry of an animal and thus attract it. Ex. a call for quail. <DD> 3. a signal given by sound. Ex. Army calls are played on the bugle. <DD> 4. an invitation, request, or command; summons. Ex. Every farmer in the neighborhood answered the fireman's call for volunteers. His call was readily obeyed (Samuel Johnson). <DD> 5. a telephone call. Ex. I want to make a call to Chicago. <DD> 6. a short visit or stop. Ex. The doctor made six calls. She had ... made a morning call on Martha Biggs (Anthony Trollope). <DD> 7. a claim or demand. Ex. A busy person has many calls on his time. <DD> 8. a need; occasion. Ex. You have no call to meddle in other people's business. <DD> 9. in finance: <DD> a. a demand for payment. <DD> b. a demand that holders present (bonds or other securities) for payment or redemption. <DD> 10. a notice requiring actors and stagehands to attend a rehearsal. Ex. The schedule for tomorrow's work arrived with all its facts and figures about the crew call, the set, the ... camera, sound (London Times). <DD> 11. the act of calling. <DD> 12. the demand in poker that all hands still active be shown after their players have matched the current bet. <DD> 13. an instruction in square dancing which is chanted or shouted. <DD> 14. a calling; vocation. <DD> 15. the reading aloud of a list; a roll call. Ex. a call of the House of Representatives. <DD> 16. a contractual privilege, usually purchased, entitling its holder to demand and receive certain securities or commodities from its issuer at a specified price and within a given period. Ex. Buying the "call" ... was an accepted and well developed part of the market's prewar mechanism (Economist). <DD> 17. a note or series of notes blown on a hunting horn to encourage the hounds. <DD> 18. a player's turn in bridge to make a bid. <DD> 19. a player's turn in whist to declare trumps. expr. call back, <DD> a. to ask (a person) to return; recall. Ex. Call back the postman. <DD> b. to telephone to someone who has called earlier. Ex. Your wife called and said you should call back as soon as you can. <DD> c. to take back; retract. Ex. to call back one's words. expr. call down, <DD> a. (Informal.) to scold. Ex. Most people dislike being called down in front of others. <DD> b. to invoke from above. Ex. Calling down a blessing on his head(Tennyson). <DD> c. to bring about. Ex. To take a liberty called down at once Her Majesty's most crushing disapprobation (Lytton Strachey). expr. call for, <DD> a. to go and get; stop and get. Ex. The cab called for her at the hotel. <DD> b. (Figurative.) to need; require. Ex. The recipe calls for two eggs. The crying evil which called for instant remedy (John Ruskin). expr. call in, <DD> a. to summon for advice or consultation. Ex. Mother called in a doctor when I got a high fever. <DD> b. to withdraw. Ex. The library calls in books that are damaged. <DD> c. to collect as debts. Ex. ... on his home farm there is a mortgage that may any day be called in (J. W. R. Scott). expr. call in (or into) question. See under question. expr. call off, <DD> a. to do away with; cancel. Ex. We called off our trip. We felt that at any moment the manager would call the deal off (Harper's). <DD> b. to say or read over aloud in succession. Ex. The teacher called off the names on the roll. <DD> c. to order to withdraw. Ex. Call off your dog. expr. call on (or upon), <DD> a. to pay a short visit to. Ex. We must call on our new neighbors. <DD> b. to appeal to. Ex. He called upon his friends for help. expr. call out, <DD> a. to say in a loud voice; shout. Ex. As he ran off, his mother called out after him to be careful. <DD> b. to summon into service or for some special duty or purpose. Ex. The governor called out the National Guard to help with the rescue work during the flood. The union leaders called out the employees on strike. <DD> c. (Figurative.) to bring into play; elicit; evoke. Ex. His emotional appeal called out a quick response from the audience. expr. call to the bar. See under bar (1). expr. call up, <DD> a. to bring to mind; bring back. Ex. The old friends called up childhood memories. <DD> b. to telephone to. Ex. He called me up at the office. <DD> c. to draft into military service. Ex. The army called him up when he finished school. expr. on (or at) call, <DD> a. prepared to respond to a call to duty; ready or available. Ex. Doctors are expected to be on call day and night. <DD> b. subject to payment on demand. Ex. These certificates, in reality, simply represent money borrowed by the Government of the banks, on call (Nation). expr. within call, near enough to hear a call. Ex. Mother said to stay within call since supper was almost ready. </DL> <A NAME="calla"> calla, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1a. a plant with a large, usually white leaf like a petal around a thick spike of small, yellow flowers; Ethiopian lily; calla lily. The calla belongs to the arum family. There are also pink or yellow varieties. <DD> b. any of various South African plants of the arum family. <DD> 2. a low, perennial North American marsh plant of the arum family having heart-shaped leaves; marsh calla; water arum. </DL> <A NAME="callable"> callable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (of a bond or other security) subject to redemption upon a demand for presentation. <DD> 2. (of a loan) subject to payment on demand. </DL> <A NAME="callalily"> calla lily,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. =calla (def. 1a). <DD> 2. its blossom, formed of a white (or pink or yellow) leaf around a yellow spike. </DL> <A NAME="callan"> callan, noun. =callant.</DL> <A NAME="callant"> callant, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) a lad; youth; stripling. </DL> <A HREF="callback.dic">NEXT</A>