summon (verb)
1summon — ► VERB 1) authoritatively call on (someone) to be present, especially to appear in a law court. 2) urgently demand (help). 3) call people to attend (a meeting). 4) cause (a quality or reaction) to emerge from within oneself: she managed to summon …
2summon — verb 1 order a person to come to a place ADVERB ▪ hastily, urgently ▪ duly (esp. BrE) ▪ She was duly summoned for an interview. ▪ back PREPOSI …
3summon — summon, summons Summon is a verb only, whereas summons is a noun and verb. A summons (plural summonses) is an order to appear before a judge or magistrate, and to summons someone is to issue them with a summons. Summon is the ordinary word… …
4summon — verb (T) formal 1 to officially order someone to come to a meeting, a court of law etc: summon sb to sth: We were all summoned to a meeting with the principal. | summon sb to do sth: They ll probably be summoning you to appear in court. 2 also… …
5summon — sum·mon vt: to command by service of a summons to appear in court Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. summon I …
6summon up — [phrasal verb] summon up (something) : to bring (a memory, feeling, image, etc.) into the mind Visiting his old house summoned up memories of his childhood. see also ↑summon 3 (above) • • • Main Entry: ↑ …
7summon — verb 1》 authoritatively call on (someone) to be present, especially to appear in a law court. 2》 call people to attend (a meeting). 3》 (usu. summon something up) cause (a quality or reaction) to emerge from within oneself: she managed to summon… …
8summon — UK US /ˈsʌmən/ verb [T] ► MEETINGS to officially tell someone to be in a particular place, or be present for a particular purpose: be summoned to sth »Intelligence officials were summoned to Capitol Hill today to talk about global security… …
9verb — late 14c., from O.Fr. verbe part of speech that expresses action or being, from L. verbum verb, originally a word, from PIE root *were (Cf. Avestan urvata command; Skt. vrata command, vow; Gk. rhetor public speaker, rhetra agreement, covenant …
10summon — verb a) To call people together; to convene. Silence is primary, summoning presence to itself; so its a connection to the realm of origin. b) To ask someone to come; to send f …
