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To summon is to order to meet, to bring together or to order to come.

(verb)

An example of to summon is to ask for someone to come to your room.
An example of to summon is to call for a meeting.
An example of to summon is to send a legal order.

To summon is to call up or evoke.

(verb)

An example of to summon is to gather up courage to jump from a high diving board.

See summon in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to call together; order to meet or convene
to order to come or appear; call for or send for with authority or urgency
to order, as by a summons, to appear in court
to call upon to do something
to call forth; rouse: often with up: summon up your courage

Origin: ME somonen < OFr somondre < VL *submonere, for L summonere, to remind privily < sub-, under, secretly + monere, to advise, warn: see monitor

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summoner noun

See summon in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb sum·moned, sum·mon·ing, sum·mons

To call together; convene.
To request to appear; send for. See Synonyms at call.
Law To order to appear in court by the issuance of a summons.
To order to take a specified action; bid: summon the captain to surrender.
To call forth; evoke: “He summoned up a smile, though it seemed to take all his strength” (Colin Turnbull).

Origin:

Origin: Middle English somonen

Origin: , from Old French somondre

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *summonere

Origin: , from Latin summonēre, to remind privately, hint to

Origin: : sub-, secretly; see sub-

Origin: + monēre, to warn; see men-¹ in Indo-European roots

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