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calls to mind

calls to mind is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 calls to mind

What is calls to mind the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Calls to mind is the third-person singular simple present indicative of call to mind.

Words near calls to mind in the dictionary

  1. calls time
  2. calls to
  3. calls to account
  4. calls to action
  5. calls to arms
  6. calls to mind
  7. calls to order
  8. calls to prayer
  9. calls to task
  10. calls to the bar
  11. calls together

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