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transitive verb To say in a loud voice; announce: called my name from across the street; calling out numbers.
transitive verb To demand or ask for the presence of: called the children to dinner; call the police.
transitive verb To demand or ask for a meeting of; convene or convoke: call the legislature into session.

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the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
(sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee
a visit in an official or professional capacity
a brief social visit
a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course
a telephone connection
an instruction that interrupts the program being executed
the characteristic sound produced by a bird
a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
a request
a demand especially in the phrase
a demand for a show of hands in a card game
a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement
rouse somebody from sleep with a call
consider or regard as being
challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of
utter in a loud voice or announce
order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role
order or request or give a command for
lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal
get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
order, request, or command to come
declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee
challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense
require the presentation of for redemption before maturation
utter a sudden loud cry
make a prediction about; tell in advance
ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality
utter a characteristic note or cry
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message
read aloud to check for omissions or absentees
indicate a decision in regard to
give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance
make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
demand payment of (a loan)
call a meeting; invite or command to meet
pay a brief visit
make a stop in a harbour
greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name
stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather

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He was irritated by the calumnies and libels so liberally cast upon him by the English journals, and especially by one written in French, called 'L'Ambigu', conducted by Peltier, who had been the editor of the 'Actes des Apotres' in Paris. — The Memoirs of Napoleon
The translation of it is literally as follows: The first piece you should pull out of the purse, is a little pearl, which is in Turkish called — Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W--y M--e
Mr. Boyd said it was so called from the French Bouloir. — Life of Johnson
Early in 1892 we heard that Oscar had written a drama in French called Salome, and at once it was put about that Sarah Bernhardt was going to produce it in London. — Oscar Wilde
If its end is cut [it is unfit; for it is not "beautiful"], or if its leaves have fallen off [from the central stem, and are united only by a band like the broom, in French called "escoube." [ — Rashi

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