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 Definitions of summon  [ˈsʌm ən]  

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Definition of 'summon' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) summon
to call for the presence of, as by command, message, or signal.

2.  summon
to call upon to do something specified.

3.  summon
to call or notify to appear at a specified place, esp. before a court:
to summon a witness.

4.  summon
to call together by authority, as for deliberation or action:
to summon parliament.

5.  summon
to call into action; rouse; call forth (often fol. by up):
to summon all one's courage.

Etymology:  (1175–1225; < OF semondre, somondre < VL *summonere, L summonēre to remind unofficially =sum-sum - +monēre to remind, warn)

Definition of 'summon' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) summon, summons, cite
call in an official matter, such as to attend court

2. (verb) summon
ask to come
"summon a lawyer"

3. (verb) muster, rally, summon, come up, muster up
gather or bring together
"muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage"

4. (verb) mobilize, mobilise, marshal, summon
make ready for action or use
"marshal resources"


Definition of 'summon' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) summon
to call, bid, or cite; to notify to come to appear; -- often with up

2. (verb) summon
to give notice to, or command to appear, as in court; to cite by authority; as, to summon witnesses

3. (verb) summon
to call upon to surrender, as a fort


Translation of 'summon' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to order to come or appear
He was summoned to appear in court; The head teacher summoned her to his room; A meeting was summoned.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: roep, oproep Arabic flag Arabic: يَسْتَدْعي، يَدْعو إلى Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: призовавам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: convocar Czech flag Czech: povolat; zavolat; svolat German flag German: (zusammen)rufen, vorladen
Danish flag Danish: indkalde; tilkalde Greek flag Greek: καλώ (επίσημα) Spanish flag Spanish: convocar
Estonian flag Estonian: (välja) kutsuma, kokku ku Farsi flag Farsi: احضار كردن Finnish flag Finnish: kutsua
French flag French: convoquer Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְזַמֵן Hindi flag Hindi: बुलाना, सम्मान देना, का आ
Croatian flag Croatian: sazivati, pozvati Hungarian flag Hungarian: beidéz Indonesian flag Indonesian: memanggil
Icelandic flag Icelandic: boða; stefna Italian flag Italian: convocare Japanese flag Japanese: 呼び出す
Korean flag Korean: 출두를 명받다, 소집하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pašaukti, sušaukti Latvian flag Latvian: izsaukt (uz tiesu u.tml.)
Malay flag Malay: memanggil Dutch flag Dutch: ontbieden Norwegian flag Norwegian: tilkalle; stevne; kalle s
Polish flag Polish: wezwać, zwoła Persian flag Persian: احضار كردن Pashto flag Pashto: احضار کول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: convocar Romanian flag Romanian: a convoca Russian flag Russian: вызывать; созывать
Slovak flag Slovak: predvolať, zavolať, zvola Slovenian flag Slovenian: pozvati Serbian flag Serbian: sazvati
Swedish flag Swedish: kalla [på], sammankalla Thai flag Thai: ใช้หมายศาลเรียก Turkish flag Turkish: çağırmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 傳喚,召集 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: викликати; вимагати викон Urdu flag Urdu: طلب کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: gọi đến, mời đến Chinese flag Chinese: 传唤,召集

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