call away Copy link Outline 1. āvŏco, 12. dēvŏco, 1 (lit. to call down, q. v.). Fig.3. rĕvŏco, 1 • call away: 1. āvŏco, 1: to c. away a part of an army for war, partem exercitus ad bellum av., Liv.: old age c.s us away from active life, a rebus agendis avocat senectus, Cic. 2. dēvŏco, 1 (lit. to call down, q. v.). Fig.: avarice did not c. him away from his settled course, non illum avaritia ab instituto cursu devocavit, Cic. 3. rĕvŏco, 1: esp. in fig. sense: the hope of plunder called them away from labour, spes praedandi eos a labore revocabat, Caes.: to c. away the mind from the senses, mentem a sensibus r., Cic.: v. to withdraw.