अंग्रेजी अंग्रेजी शब्दकोश

An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.

A requirement or appeal arising from the circumstances of the case; a moral requirement or appeal.

A divine vocation or summons.

Vocation; employment.

A short visit; as, to make a call on a neighbor; also, the daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders.

A note blown on the horn to encourage the hounds.

A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty.

The cry of a bird; also a noise or cry in imitation of a bird; or a pipe to call birds by imitating their note or cry.

A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.

The privilege to demand the delivery of stock, grain, or any commodity, at a fixed, price, at or within a certain time agreed on.

See Assessment, 4.

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

To speak in loud voice; to cry out; to address by name; -- sometimes with to.

To rouse from sleep; to awaken.

To invoke; to appeal to.

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.

To show or disclose the class, character, or nationality of.

To regard or characterize as of a certain kind; to denominate; to designate.

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.

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.