Words recalled reduced measure in a way (8)
I believe the answer is:
language
'words' is the definition.
('language' can be a synonym of 'words')
'recalled reduced measure in a way' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'measure' could be 'age' (age is a kind of measure) and 'age' is present in the answer.
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for language that I've seen before include "Eg, English" , "Communication system such as English" , "See 23" , "Eg, Italian" , "Means of communication" .)