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calling to mind

calling to mind is the present participle and gerund 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 calling to mind

What is calling to mind the present participle and gerund of?
Calling to mind is the present participle and gerund of call to mind.

Words near calling to mind in the dictionary

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

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