"call to mind" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "word": "come to mind"
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      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "word": "spring to mind"
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      "word": "bring to mind"
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          "ref": "1588, Robert Greene, The Historie of Dorastus and Fawnia, published 1902:",
          "text": "[…]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[…]",
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          "ref": "1980, The Alternative Service book, Church of England:",
          "text": "And so father, calling to mind his death on the cross, and his perfect sacrifice made once for the sins of all men; and […]",
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        "To intentionally think about; to reflect upon."
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          "ref": "1829, “Varieties”, in The Athenæum and Literary Chronicle, Volume 1 (90): 446:",
          "text": "It is allowed that his tones are full and soft, and that his performance called to mind that of the celebrated Rhode;[…]",
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          "ref": "1929, Mary Hamilton Swindler, Ancient Painting: from the earliest times to the period of Christian art, page 101:",
          "text": "The painting calls to mind the description in Xenophon of how the animal was driven into the net and killed.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
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          "ref": "2004, Michael Drolet, editor, The Postmodernism Reader: Foundational Texts, page 258:",
          "text": "This sort of painting calls to mind what musicians call timbre.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in Guardian:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "To cause to think about; to evoke."
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        {
          "word": "bring to mind"
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          "text": "And so father, calling to mind his death on the cross, and his perfect sacrifice made once for the sins of all men; and […]",
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        "To intentionally think about; to reflect upon."
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          "think",
          "think"
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          "text": "It is allowed that his tones are full and soft, and that his performance called to mind that of the celebrated Rhode;[…]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1929, Mary Hamilton Swindler, Ancient Painting: from the earliest times to the period of Christian art, page 101:",
          "text": "The painting calls to mind the description in Xenophon of how the animal was driven into the net and killed.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
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          "text": "This sort of painting calls to mind what musicians call timbre.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in Guardian:",
          "text": "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.",
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