Summon

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To call together; convene.
  • v. To request to appear; send for. See Synonyms at call.
  • v. Law To order to appear in court by the issuance of a summons.
  • v. To order to take a specified action; bid: summon the captain to surrender.
  • v. To call forth; evoke: "He summoned up a smile, though it seemed to take all his strength” ( Colin Turnbull).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To call people together; to convene.
  • v. To ask someone to come; to send for.
  • v. To order someone to appear in court, especially by issuing a summons.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To call, bid, or cite; to notify to come to appear; -- often with up.
  • v. To give notice to, or command to appear, as in court; to cite by authority.
  • v. To call upon to surrender, as a fort.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To call, cite, or notify by authority to appear at a place specified, to attend in person to some public duty, or to assume a certain rank or dignity; especially, to command to appear in court: as, to summon a jury; to summon witnesses.
  • To call; send for; ask the presence or attendance of, literally or figuratively.
  • To call on to do some specified act; warn; especially, to call upon to surrender: as, to summon a fort.
  • To arouse; excite into action or exertion; raise: with up.
  • Synonyms and Invite, Convoke, etc. (see call), convene, assemble.
  • n. An invitation, request, or order.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. call in an official matter, such as to attend court
  • v. ask to come
  • v. make ready for action or use
  • v. gather or bring together
  • Verb Form
    summoned    summoning    summons   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    garner    pull together    gather    collect   
    Form
    summons   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    invite    cite    call    notify    excite    convene    convoke    bid   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    knock    invitation    peal    reply    greet    injunction    admonition    announcement    shout    call