withcall
/ˌwɪðˈkɑl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A small settlement and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2883).
Example Sentences
- "Two of the Grand Jurisdictions have discontinued the use of this system and have withcalled their Grand Representatives."
- "The second dog pounced, and the two snarled and slashed, but not the woman now so much as each other, for they were mad with excitement and the sharp whistle withcalling them maddened them still more."
- "Great Britain may also have in mind the fiasco that occurred at the London conference when President Roosevelt suddenly withcalled the American delegates, and desires to avoid a repetition of the same thing."
- "Alas, that he should himself have fallen on that very enchanted ground, from which it was the business and the glory of his life to withcall his younger brethren!"
- "Could Mary, womb of Jesus, be Withcalled from vast eternity, And brought, at last, again to breathe, And given vision to conceive […]"
- "[…] intended to withcall him from his Studies, […]"
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English withcallen (“to recall, call back; revoke”). By surface analysis, with- (“back, away”) + call.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: withcallen
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌwɪðˈkɑl/
- British English: /ˌwɪðˈkɔːl/