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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, especially 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. followed by up): to summon all one's courage.
Origin:
1175–1225; < Medieval Latin summonēre to summon, Latin: to remind unofficially, suggest, equivalent to sum- sum- + monēre to remind, warn; replacing Middle English somonen < Old French semondre, somondre < Vulgar Latin *summonere, Latin summonēre, as above
1175–1225; < Medieval Latin summonēre to summon, Latin: to remind unofficially, suggest, equivalent to sum- sum- + monēre to remind, warn; replacing Middle English somonen < Old French semondre, somondre < Vulgar Latin *summonere, Latin summonēre, as above
Related forms
sum·mon·a·ble, adjective
sum·mon·er, noun
re·sum·mon, verb (used with object)
un·sum·mon·a·ble, adjective
un·sum·moned, adjective
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Word Origin & History
summon
c.1200, from Anglo-Fr., O.Fr. sumundre "summon," from V.L. *summundre "to call, cite," from L. summonere "hint to," from sub "under" + monere "warn, advise" (see monitor). Summons "authoritative call to be at a certain place for a certain purpose" is late 13c., from O.Fr.
EXPANDsumunse, noun use of fem. pp. of somondre. Summoner "petty officer who cites persons to appear in court" is from early 14c.; contracted form sumner is from mid-14c.
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