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sum⋅mons

  [suhm-uhnz] noun, plural -mons⋅es, verb
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–noun
1. an authoritative command, message, or signal by which one is summoned.
2. a request, demand, or call to do something: a summons to surrender.
3. Law.
a. a call or citation by authority to appear before a court or a judicial officer.
b. the writ by which the call is made.
4. an authoritative call or notice to appear at a specified place, as for a particular purpose or duty.
5. a call issued for the meeting of an assembly or parliament.
–verb (used with object)
6. to serve with a summons; summon.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME somons < AF; OF somonse < VL *summonsa, for L summonita, fem. ptp. of summonēre; see summon
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sum⋅mon

  [suhm-uhn]
–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.
sum·mons   (sŭm'ənz)   
n.   pl. sum·mons·es

  1. A call by an authority to appear, come, or do something.

  2. Law

    1. A notice summoning a defendant to appear in court.

    2. A notice summoning a person to report to court as a juror or witness.

tr.v.   sum·monsed, sum·mons·ing, sum·mons·es Law
To serve a court summons to.

[Middle English somons, from Old French somonse, from feminine past participle of somondre, to summon; see summon.]
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Word Origin & History

summon 
c.1205, 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 c.1280, from O.Fr. sumunse, noun use of fem. pp. of somondre. Summoner "petty officer who cites persons to appear in court" is from c.1325; contracted form sumner is from 1362.
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Main Entry: sum·mon
Function: transitive verb
: to command by service of a summons to appear in court

Main Entry: sum·mons
Pronunciation: 's&-m&nz
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural sum·mons·es /-m&n-z&z/
: a written notification that one is required to appear in court: as a : a document in a civil suit that is issued by an authorized judicial officer (as a clerk of court) and delivered to a plaintiff or the plaintiff's attorney for service on the defendant and that notifies the defendant that he or she must appear and defend (as by filing an answer) within a specified time or a default judgment will be rendered for the plaintiff b : a document that summons a defendant to appear before a court to answer a minor criminal charge and that is issued in lieu of a warrant for arrest by an authorized judicial officer (as a magistrate) upon request of a prosecuting attorney c : a notification to appear for jury service d : a notification to appear as a witness —see also JOHN DOE SUMMONS, SERVICE —compare SUBPOENA

Main Entry: summons
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: sum·monsed /-m&nzd/; sum·mons·ing /-m&n-zi[ng]/
: SUMMON; especially : to bring into court by a summons summonsed to serve as a trial juror>
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