Called

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Call \Call\ (k[add]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Called} (k[add]ld);
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Calling}] [OE. callen, AS. ceallian; akin to
     Icel. & Sw. kalla, Dan. kalde, D. kallen to talk, prate, OHG.
     kall[=o]n to call; cf. Gr. ghry`ein to speak, sing, Skr. gar
     to praise. Cf. {Garrulous}.]
     1. To command or request to come or be present; to summon;


        as, to call a servant.
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              Call hither Clifford; bid him come amain --Shak.
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     2. 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.
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              Paul . . . called to be an apostle    --Rom. i. 1.
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              The Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul
              for the work whereunto I have called them. --Acts
                                                    xiii. 2.
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     3. 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.
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              Now call we our high court of Parliament. --Shak.
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     4. To give name to; to name; to address, or speak of, by a
        specifed name.
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              If you would but call me Rosalind.    --Shak.
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              And God called the light Day, and the darkness he
              called Night.                         --Gen. i. 5.
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     5. To regard or characterize as of a certain kind; to
        denominate; to designate.
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              What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
                                                    --Acts x. 15.
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     6. 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.
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              [The] army is called seven hundred thousand men.
                                                    --Brougham.
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     7. To show or disclose the class, character, or nationality
        of. [Obs.]
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              This speech calls him Spaniard.       --Beau. & Fl.
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     8. 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.
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              No parish clerk who calls the psalm so clear. --Gay.
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     9. To invoke; to appeal to.
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              I call God for a witness.             --2 Cor. i. 23
                                                    [Rev. Ver. ]
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     10. To rouse from sleep; to awaken.
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               If thou canst awake by four o' the clock.
               I prithee call me. Sleep hath seized me wholly.
                                                    --Shak.
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     {To call a bond}, to give notice that the amount of the bond
        will be paid.
  
     {To call a party} (Law), 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.
        
  
     {To call back}, to revoke or retract; to recall; to summon
        back.
  
     {To call down}, to pray for, as blessing or curses.
  
     {To call forth}, to bring or summon to action; as, to call
        forth all the faculties of the mind.
  
     {To call in},
         (a) To collect; as, to call in debts or money; ar to
             withdraw from cirulation; as, to call in uncurrent
             coin.
         (b) To summon to one's side; to invite to come together;
             as, to call in neighbors.
  
     {To call (any one) names}, to apply contemptuous names (to
        any one).
  
     {To call off}, to summon away; to divert; as, to call off the
        attention; to call off workmen from their employment.
  
     {To call out}.
         (a) To summon to fight; to challenge.
         (b) To summon into service; as, to call out the militia.
             
  
     {To call over}, to recite separate particulars in order, as a
        roll of names.
  
     {To call to account}, to demand explanation of.
  
     {To call to mind}, to recollect; to revive in memory.
  
     {To call to order}, to request to come to order; as:
         (a) A public meeting, when opening it for business.
         (b) A person, when he is transgressing the rules of
             debate.
  
     {To call to the bar}, to admit to practice in courts of law.
        
  
     {To call up}.
         (a) To bring into view or recollection; as to call up the
             image of deceased friend.
         (b) To bring into action or discussion; to demand the
             consideration of; as, to call up a bill before a
             legislative body.
  
     Syn: To name; denominate; invite; bid; summon; convoke;
          assemble; collect; exhort; warn; proclaim; invoke;
          appeal to; designate.
  
     Usage: {To Call}, {Convoke}, {Summon}. Call is the generic
            term; as, to call a public meeting. To convoke is to
            require the assembling of some organized body of men
            by an act of authority; as, the king convoked
            Parliament. To summon is to require attendance by an
            act more or less stringent anthority; as, to summon a
            witness.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  called
       adj 1: given or having a specified name; "they called his name
              Jesus"; "forces...which Empedocles called `love' and
              `hate'"; "an actor named Harold Lloyd"; "a building in
              Cardiff named the Temple of Peace" [syn: {named}]
       2: known or spoken of as; "though she is named Katherine, she
          is called Kitty" [syn: {known as}]