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called to mind

called to mind is the simple past and past participle of call to mind.

Meaning of call to mind

Verb

call to mind (third-person singular simple present calls to mind, present participle calling to mind, simple past and past participle called to mind)

  1. To intentionally think about; to reflect upon.
    • […]she could take no rest: for if she waked, she began to call to minde his beautie, and thinking to beguile such thoughts with sleepe, she then dreamed of his perfection[…]1588, Robert Greene, The Historie of Dorastus and Fawnia, published 1902
  2. To cause to think about; to evoke.
    • It is allowed that his tones are full and soft, and that his performance called to mind that of the celebrated Rhode;[…]1829, “Varieties”, in The Athenæum and Literary Chronicle, Volume 1 (90): 446
    Synonyms:
    bring to mind

Questions about called to mind

What is called to mind the simple past and past participle of?
Called to mind is the simple past and past participle of call to mind.

Words near called to mind in the dictionary

  1. called the tune
  2. called them as one saw them
  3. called time
  4. called to
  5. called to account
  6. called to mind
  7. called to order
  8. called to straw
  9. called to task
  10. called to the bar
  11. called together

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