call

call has 67 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• v. t.. To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.
• v. t.. To summon to the discharge of a particular duty; to designate for an office, or employment, especially of a religious character; -- often used of a divine summons; as, to be called to the ministry; sometimes, to invite; as, to call a minister to be the pastor of a church.
• v. t.. To invite or command to meet; to convoke; -- often with together; as, the President called Congress together; to appoint and summon; as, to call a meeting of the Board of Aldermen.
• v. t.. To give name to; to name; to address, or speak of, by a specifed name.
• v. t.. To regard or characterize as of a certain kind; to denominate; to designate.
• v. t.. To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact; as, they call the distance ten miles; he called it a full day's work.
• v. t.. To show or disclose the class, character, or nationality of.
• v. t.. To utter in a loud or distinct voice; -- often with off; as, to call, or call off, the items of an account; to call the roll of a military company.
• v. t.. To invoke; to appeal to.
• v. t.. To rouse from sleep; to awaken.
• v. i.. To speak in loud voice; to cry out; to address by name; -- sometimes with to.
• v. i.. To make a demand, requirement, or request.