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| sum·mon [ súmmən ] (past and past participle sum·moned, present participle sum·mon·ing, 3rd person present singular sum·mons) |
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1. transitive verb call somebody into court: to order somebody to appear in court by serving a summons
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2. transitive verb send for somebody: to send or be a signal for somebody to come
  We were summoned to his presence.
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3. transitive verb convene group: to call together a formal or official body
They summoned a meeting to debate the issue.
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4. transitive verb call upon somebody: to request or require somebody to do something
She summoned him to help her.
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5. intransitive verb manage to get something: to gather the resources, especially courage or strength, to cope with or do something
trying to summon up the courage to tell him the news
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| [13th century. Via French< Latin summonere "remind secretly" < sub- "under" + monere "warn"] |
