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appel

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call

verb

Definitions of call

English

to announce formally that an event (often a meeting) is going to happen

The board of directors called for a meeting of the shareholders.

English

to ask for something formally, such as payment of a debt, a vote on a particular matter or for an election to be held etc

An election was called following his resignation.

English

to ask or tell someone formally to come to a court of law, usually to give evidence, or to come to the witness stand in a court of law; to ask or tell someone formally to come to a particular place

The prosecutor called several witnesses who had seen the crime.