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Webster 1913 Edition
Summon
Sum′mon
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Summoned
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Summoning
.] 1.
To call, bid, or cite; to notify to come to appear; – often with up.
Stiffen the sinews,
summon
up the blood. Shakespeare
Trumpets
summon
him to war. Dryden.
2.
To give notice to, or command to appear, as in court; to cite by authority;
as, to
. summon
witnesses3.
(Mil.)
To call upon to surrender, as a fort.
Syn. – To call; cite; notify; convene; convoke; excite; invite; bid. See
Call
. Webster 1828 Edition
Summon
SUM'MON
,Verb.
T.
1.
To call, cite or notify by authority to appear at a place specified, or to attend in person to some public duty, or both; as, to summon a jury; to summon witnesses. The parliament is summoned by the king's writ or letter.
Nor trumpets summon him to war.
2.
To give notice to a person to appear in court and defend.3.
To call or command. Love,duty, safety summon us away.
4.
To call up; to excite into action or exertion; with up. Summon up all your strength or courage. Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood.
Definition 2024
summon
summon
English
Verb
summon (third-person singular simple present summons, present participle summoning, simple past and past participle summoned)
- (transitive) To call people together; to convene.
- 2007. Zerzan, John. Silence.
- Silence is primary, summoning presence to itself; so it's a connection to the realm of origin.
- 2007. Zerzan, John. Silence.
- (transitive) To ask someone to come; to send for.
- (transitive) To use a personal skill.
- 1866, Pierre Bigandet, The Life or Legend of Gaudama, the Buddha of the Burmese, with annotations and notice on the Phongyies or Burmese monks, page 396
- For securing the attainment of what he considered to be a most desirable end, he summoned all his abilities with a most praiseworthy energy and perseverance.
- 2011, Sister Louise Sweigart, cgs, Joseph: A Guiding Light, Inspiring Voices (ISBN 9781462400089), page 61
- Joseph needed to summon all his reserve to keep his self-control, for no sooner had Asa voiced his request than Joseph recalled his remark to Aaron about a child being given to this couple in lieu of their giving Mary to him.
- November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- City will feel nonplussed when they review the tape and Pellegrini had to summon all his restraint in the post-match interviews.
- 1866, Pierre Bigandet, The Life or Legend of Gaudama, the Buddha of the Burmese, with annotations and notice on the Phongyies or Burmese monks, page 396
- (fantasy, transitive) To create a resource by magic.
- 2010, Kay Hooper, The Wizard of Seattle, Fanfare (ISBN 9780307568540)
- “Why won't you teach me to summon water? I can summon fire so easily, it's only logical that I should learn to put out my mistakes.”
- 2010, Kay Hooper, The Wizard of Seattle, Fanfare (ISBN 9780307568540)
- (law, transitive) To order someone to appear in court, especially by issuing a summons.
Derived terms
Translations
to call people together
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to ask someone to come
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law: to order someone to appear in court
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Noun
summon (plural summons)