Definitions for summon
ˈsʌm ənsum·mon

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. summon, summons, cite(verb)

   call in an official matter, such as to attend court

2. summon(verb)

   ask to come

   "summon a lawyer"

3. muster, rally, summon, come up, muster up(verb)

   gather or bring together

   "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage"

4. mobilize, mobilise, marshal, summon(verb)

   make ready for action or use

   "marshal resources"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. summon(Verb)

   To call people together; to convene.

2. summon(Verb)

   To ask someone to come; to send for.

3. summon(Verb)

   To order someone to appear in court, especially by issuing a summons.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Summon(verb)

   to call, bid, or cite; to notify to come to appear; -- often with up

2. Summon(verb)

   to give notice to, or command to appear, as in court; to cite by authority; as, to summon witnesses

3. Summon(verb)

   to call upon to surrender, as a fort

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Summon

   sum′un, v.t. to call with authority: to command to appear, esp. in court: to rouse to exertion.—ns. Summ′oner; Summ′ons, a summoning or an authoritative call: a call to appear, esp. in court: a call to surrender.—v.t. to serve with a summons. [O. Fr. somoner—L. summonēre—sub, secretly, monēre, to warn.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. summon

   To call upon to surrender; as, to summon a fort.

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'summon' in Verbs Frequency: #885

How to pronounce summon?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say summon in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of summon in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of summon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of summon in a Sentence

1. Franz Kafka:

   Life's splendor forever lies in wait about each one of us in all its fullness, but veiled from view, deep down, invisible, far off. It is there, though, not hostile, not reluctant, not deaf. If you summon it by the right word, by its right name, it will come.

2. Proverb:

   With money one may command devils; without it, one cannot even summon a man. #PaidSupporters

3. Dick Morris:

   We obviously couldn’t attack age directly because of older voters, what we did is adopt a whole strategy based on issues that would summon the memories and ideas of age without articulating it.

4. Ted Kennedy:

   With profound sadness, I share the news that the search for my beloved daughter Maeve McKean and grandson Gideon has turned from rescue to recovery, my heart is crushed, yet we shall try to summon the grace of God and what strength we have to honor the hope, energy and passion that Maeve McKean and Gideon set forth into the world.

5. Pena Nieto:

   We agreed to keep up work towards reaching a deal and to summon our special negotiating teams to accelerate their efforts, it was the same thing I agreed to with Prime Minister Trudeau.

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