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sum⋅mon

  [suhm-uhn]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to call upon to do something specified.
2. to call for the presence of, as by command, message, or signal; call.
3. to call or notify to appear at a specified place, esp. before a court: to summon a defendant.
4. to authorize or order a gathering of; call together by authority, as for deliberation or action: to summon parliament.
5. to call into action; rouse; call forth (often. fol. by up): to summon all one's courage.
Origin:
1175–1225; < ML summonēre to summon, L: to remind unofficially, suggest, equiv. to sum- sum- + monēre to remind, warn; r. ME somonen < OF semondre, somondre < VL *summonere, L summonēre, as above

Related forms:
sum⋅mon⋅a⋅ble, adjective
sum⋅mon⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1-3. See call.
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sum·mon   (sŭm'ən)   
tr.v.   sum·moned, sum·mon·ing, sum·mons
  1. To call together; convene.
  2. To request to appear; send for. See Synonyms at call.
  3. Law To order to appear in court by the issuance of a summons.
  4. To order to take a specified action; bid: summon the captain to surrender.
  5. To call forth; evoke: "He summoned up a smile, though it seemed to take all his strength" (Colin Turnbull).

[Middle English somonen, from Old French somondre, from Vulgar Latin *summonere, from Latin summonēre, to remind privately, hint to : sub-, secretly; see sub- + monēre, to warn; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.]
sum'mon·er n.
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