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summon Definition

sum·mon (sum′ən)

transitive verb

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

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

summon Related Forms

sum′·moner noun

summon Synonyms

summon

v.

  1. To call

    request, beckon, send for, bid, ask, draft, petition, signal, motion, sign, order, command, direct, enjoin, invoke, conjure up, muster, ring, rouse, charge, recall, call in, call for, call out, call forth, call up, call away, call down, subpoena, summons*, volunteer*. *

  2. To convene

    call together, convoke, gather; see assemble 2. See syn. study at call.

summon Usage Examples

Object

  • courage: I summoned the courage to ask him where I knew him from.
  • demon: He summoned the demons of the night from their caves.
  • jury: The Sergeant was ordered to summon a good jury for the Friday following.
  • assistance: A bell to summon assistance is also located to the left of the reader entrance to the New Library.
  • ambulance: A further feature of the case was that the parents did not immediately summon an ambulance.
  • parliament: He can summon parliaments; it does not follow they will assemble.

Modifying Another Word

  • hastily: The Doctor was then hastily summoned, who, arriving on the scene, administered a wonderful pill which revived the prostrate foeman.
  • forth: So the quality of our attention, and our selective awareness, controls what we summon forth from the field of infinite possibilities.
  • duly: It was duly summoned, and on arrival, coupled up to the dead 47 and our train.
  • instantly: He instantly summoned his chemical assistant to confirm that the star really was there.
  • immediately: A further feature of the case was that the parents did not immediately summon an ambulance.

Followed by a transitive particle

up: The principle was, to summon up enough energy to keep the walls away.

Particle object:

  • courage: Many people feel that they cannot summon up the courage to talk to someone about debt or money issues.
  • enthusiasm: I considered a financial career but at an interview with a major bank was unable to summon up the necessary enthusiasm!
  • energy: The principle was, to summon up enough energy to keep the walls away.

Infinitive complement

  • appear: They were summoned to appear at the Leeds West Riding Court on 18th.
  • answer: Afterward he was summoned to answer for his deed.
  • attend: Hales be summoned forthwith to attend the Service of the House.
  • assist: Meanwhile, the crew of Sheffield had been enjoying the sun at Gibraltar when Force H was summoned to assist the hunt for Bismark.

Preposition: for

assault: September 6 th 1903 Alfred Laver, a roundabout attendant, aged 19 years was summoned for assault on Julia Messent at Belchamp Walter.