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