Part 1559

<blockquote>What God hath cleansed, that <b>call</b> not thou common. <i>Acts x. 15.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact; <as>as, they <ex>call</ex> the distance ten miles; he <ex>called</ex> it a full day's work.</as></def>

<blockquote> army is <b>called</b> seven hundred thousand men. <i>Brougham.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>To show or disclose the class, character, or nationality of.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>This speech <b>calls</b> him Spaniard. <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>To utter in a loud or distinct voice; -- often with <i>off</i>; <as>as, to <ex>call</ex>, or <ex>call off</ex>, the items of an account; to <ex>call</ex> the roll of a military company.</as></def>

<blockquote>No parish clerk who <b>calls</b> the psalm so clear. <i>Gay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>To invoke; to appeal to.</def>

<blockquote>I <b>call</b> God for a witness. <i>2 Cor. i. 23 [Rev. Ver. ]</i></blockquote>

<p><b>10.</b> <def>To rouse from sleep; to awaken.</def>

<blockquote>If thou canst awake by four o' the clock. I prithee <b>call</b> me. Sleep hath seized me wholly. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To call a bond</col>, <cd>to give notice that the amount of the bond will be paid.</cd> -- <col>To call a party</col> <cd><fld>(Law)</fld>, to cry aloud his name in open court, and command him to come in and perform some duty requiring his presence at the time on pain of what may befall him.</cd> -- <col>To call back</col>, <cd>to revoke or retract; to recall; to summon back.</cd> -- <col>To call down</col>, <cd>to pray for, as blessing or curses.</cd> -- <col>To call forth</col>, <cd>to bring or summon to action; as, <i>to call forth</i> all the faculties of the mind.</cd> -- <col>To call in</col>, <cd><sd>(a)</sd> To collect; as, <i>to call in</i> debts or money; ar to withdraw from cirulation; as, <i>to call in</i> uncurrent coin. <sd>(b)</sd> To summon to one's side; to invite to come together; as, <i>to call in</i> neighbors.</cd> -- <col>To call (any one) names</col>, <cd>to apply contemptuous names (to any one).</cd> -- <col>To call off</col>, <cd>to summon away; to divert; as, <i>to call off</i> the attention; <i>to call off</i> workmen from their employment.</cd> -- <col>To call out</col>. <cd><sd>(a)</sd> To summon to fight; to challenge. <sd>(b)</sd> To summon into service; as, <i>to call out</i> the militia.</cd> -- <col>To call over</col>, <cd>to recite separate particulars in order, as a roll of names.</cd> -- <col>To call to account</col>, <cd>to demand explanation of.</cd> -- <col>To call to mind</col>, <cd>to recollect; to revive in memory.</cd> -- <col>To call to order</col>, <cd>to request to come to order; as: <sd>(a)</sd> A public meeting, when opening it for business. <sd>(b)</sd> A person, when he is transgressing the rules of debate.</cd> -- <col>To call to the bar</col>, <cd>to admit to practice in courts of law.</cd> -- <col>To call up</col>. <cd><sd>(a)</sd> To bring into view or recollection; as <i>to call up</i> the image of deceased friend. <sd>(b)</sd> To bring into action or discussion; to demand the consideration of; as, <i>to call up</i> a bill before a legislative body.

<syn>Syn. -- To name; denominate; invite; bid; summon; convoke; assemble; collect; exhort; warn; proclaim; invoke; appeal to; designate.</syn> <usage> <er>To Call</er>, <er>Convoke</er>, <er>Summon</er>. <i>Call</i> is the generic term; as, to <i>call</i> a public meeting. To <i>convoke</i> is to require the assembling of some organized body of men by an act of authority; as, the king <i>convoked</i> Parliament. To <i>summon</i> is to require attendance by an act more or less stringent anthority; as, to <i>summon</i> a witness.</usage>

<h1>Call</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Call</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To speak in loud voice; to cry out; to address by name; -- sometimes with <i>to</i>.</def>

<blockquote>You must <b>call</b> to the nurse. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The angel of God <b>called</b> to Hagar. <i>Gen. xxi. 17.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make a demand, requirement, or request.</def>

<blockquote>They <b>called</b> for rooms, and he showed them one. <i>Bunyan.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To make a brief visit; also, to stop at some place designated, as for orders.</def>

<blockquote>He ordered her to <b>call</b> at the house once a week. <i>Temple.</cd></i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To call for</col> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To demand; to require; <as>as, a crime <ex>calls for<ex> punishment; a survey, grant, or deed <ex>calls for<ex> the metes and bounds, or the quantity of land, etc., which it describes</as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To give an order for; to request.</cd> "Whenever the coach stopped, the sailor <i>called for<i> more ale." <i>Marryat</i>. -- <mcol><col>To call on</col>, <col>To call upon</col></mcol>, <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To make a short visit to; <as>as, <ex>call on<ex> a friend</as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To appeal to; to invite; to request earnestly; <as>as, <ex>to call upon<ex> a person to make a speech</as>.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To solicit payment, or make a demand, of a debt.</cd> <sd>(d)</sd> <cd>To invoke or play to; to worship; <as>as, <ex>to call upon<ex> God</as>.</cd> -- <col>To call out</col> <cd>To call or utter loudly; to brawl.</cd></cs>

<h1>Call</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Call</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of calling; -- usually with the voice, but often otherwise, as by signs, the sound of some instrument, or by writing; a summons; an entreaty; an invitation; <as>as, a <ex>call</ex> for help; the bugle's <ex>call</ex>.</as></def> "<i>Call</i> of the trumpet."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>I rose as at thy <b>call</b>, but found thee not. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A signal, as on a drum, bugle, trumpet, or pipe, to summon soldiers or sailors to duty.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.</def>