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?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Mateusz Martyniuk:

   Prosecutors will want to summon Polanski for questioning.

2. yoda:

   when you summon the courage to do what others won't you will have in life what others don't.

3. Christopher Reeve, From speech at Democratic National Convention, August 1996:

   So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.

4. Ralph Northam:

   I will summon the members of the Senate and the House of Delegates to meet in special session for the purpose of passing common sense public safety laws.

5. Thomas Arnold:

   The recent coverage of AI as a single, unified power is a predictable upshot of a self-aggrandizing Silicon Valley culture that believes it can summon a Godhead.

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