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call'd

call'd is the simple past and past participle of call.

Meaning of call

Verb

call (third-person singular simple present calls, present participle calling, simple past and past participle called or (archaic) call'd)

  1. (intransitive) To request, summon, or beckon.
    • That person is hurt; call for help!
  2. (intransitive) To cry or shout.
    • "Supper's ready," called Dad from the kitchen.
  3. (transitive) To utter in a loud or distinct voice.
    • to call the roll of a military company
  4. (ambitransitive) To contact by telephone.
    • Why don’t you call me in the morning?
    Synonyms:
    drop a line, ring, get on the horn, give someone a ring, give someone a bell, telephone, call up, dial up, give someone a buzz, give someone a call
  5. (transitive) To rouse from sleep; to awaken.
    • Take not away the Taper, leaue it burning: / And if thou canſt awake by foure o’th’clock, / I prythee call me: Sleepe hath ceiz’d me wholly.1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
  6. (transitive, jazz) To request that one's band play (a particular tune).
    • They called I Got Rhythm, and turned to me again for a solo, and I said what?1997, Saxophone Journal

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Questions about call'd

What is call'd the simple past and past participle of?
Call'd is the simple past and past participle of call.

Words near call'd in the dictionary

  1. call upon
  2. call ups
  3. call value
  4. call values
  5. call waiting
  6. call'd
  7. call'st
  8. call't
  9. call-and-response
  10. call-bell
  11. call-boy

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