summoned
Use Summoned in a sentence
ən 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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| —vb | |
| 1. | to order to come; send for, esp to attend court, by issuing a summons |
| 2. | to order or instruct (to do something) or call (to something): the bell summoned them to their work |
| 3. | to call upon to meet or convene |
| 4. | ( |
| [C13: from Latin summonēre to give a discreet reminder, from monēre to advise] | |
| 'summonable | |
| —adj | |
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Etymonline
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.
sumunse, 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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Example sentences
Shouting ensued, and the police were summoned to restore.
Find a rock stacker and take your kids to see how beauty and delight can be summoned with almost nothing but rocks.
The police summoned him several times to warn him to cease his activities.
She may be summoned to work at any hour, even two in the morning, depending on when the fishing fleet comes in.
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