English

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.
   • 1588, Robert Greene, The Historie of Dorastus and Fawnia, published 1902:

     […] 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 […]

   • 1980, The Alterative Service book, Church of England:

     And so father, calling to mind his death on the cross, and his perfect sacrifice made once for the sins of all men; and […]

2. To cause to think about; to evoke.
   • 1829, "Varieties", The Athenæum and Literary Chronicle, Volume 1 (90): 446

     It is allowed that his tones are full and soft, and that his performance called to mind that of the celebrated Rhode; […]

   • 1929, Mary Hamilton Swindler, Ancient Painting: from the earliest times to the period of Christian art, page 101

     The painting calls to mind the description in Xenophon of how the animal was driven into the net and killed.

   • 2004, Michael Drolet (ed.), The Postmodernism Reader: Foundational Texts, page 258

     This sort of painting calls to mind what musicians call timbre.

   • 2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in Guardian:

     The chopped mushrooms add depth to both the Waitrose and the Go-Go Vegan recipe, but what gives the latter some real clout on the flavour front is a teaspoon of Marmite. Vegetarian tweeter Jessica Edmonds tells me her boyfriend likes a similar recipe because "it tastes of Twiglets!". I'm with him – frankly, what's Christmas without a Twiglet? – but Annie Bell's goat's cheese has given me an idea for something even more festive. Stilton works brilliantly with parsnips, providing a savoury richness which feels a little more special than common or garden yeast extract. Blue cheese calls to mind the chestnuts used by Mary Berry of course, and now I'm on a roll, I pop in some sage and onion too, in a nod to the classic festive stuffing.