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Meaning summon meaning

What does summon mean?
Definitions in simple English

summon Verb

— If you summon someone, you call on him to appear before you. — If a police officer or other law enforcement official summons a person, he is accusing him of a crime but not arresting him, and instead demanding he appear in court to respond to the accusation.

summon

— verb call in an official matter, such as to attend court — verb ask to come summon a lawyer — verb (= muster, rally) gather or bring together muster the courage to do something she rallied her intellect Summon all your courage — verb (= marshal) make ready for action or use marshal resources

Synonyms summon synonyms

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summon English » English

call invite send for convene cite call for convoke call together beckon assemble call up subpoena shout request invoke demand call out ask bid summons rally muster up muster hail gather call to ask for welcome ready present pick order name mobilize mobilise marshal dare come up challenge call to come call in ask to come appeal accuse work up whip vouch transmit throw down the gauntlet tell

Topics summon topics

What do people use summon to talk about?
Social behavior Social activity Come together, form a group

Invite
Physical actions Move

Send someone

  • What words refer to summoning someone to come to you?
    summon

Conjugation summon conjugation

How do you conjugate summon?

summon · verb

Examples summon examples

How do I use summon in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Summon up your courage and tell the truth.

Movie subtitles

I summon you to elect a parson. For we have no good shepherd here.
And if thou would summon the Prince of Darkness to aid thee and give thee all the might and glory of the world, go to a crossroad and call on him three times.
We should not beg the restaurant manager but summon up the strength.
But Your Majesty, we would have to summon the whole cabinet.
Summon the cabinet, then.
And so I have come to summon you, Philip, Lord King of France to war for your faith to lead the multitudes on Crusade to free the city that was hallowed by the footsteps of our Lord.
Summon every sword of Islam to the wall!
Summon the Amirs.
Slave in the Magic Mirror, come from the farthest space. Through wind and darkness, I summon thee.
Summon Alexander!
Summon Clock!
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, disguise fair nature with hard-favoured rage.
I hope you won't summon the full orchestra at dawn to practise those noble melodies?
Once a rare book collector acted rather strangely in this cell. and we were compelled to summon the civil police from Seville. to investigate him.
But if the defense demands it, summon Lieutenant Alexis Rosanoff.
When this Pitt came to summon you, as you claim. did you know you were called to attend another rebel?
Bugler, summon the men amidships!
Through wind and darkness, I summon thee.
I, Clopin, king of the beggars summon you, Archbishop of Paris to give up the Gypsy girl.
Tell him to summon my council at once.
They fill its believers with fear of the dreadful deities and countless demons, which only the priest, the Lama, is able to summon.
We summon all our knowledge of Asian courtesy and Tibetan etiquette in order to not violate any basic acts of courtesy.
She was found in the church with her throat horribly cut and then she dragged herself from the marshes nearby and tried to summon help with a bell rope.
I know, he was trying to summon help, poor chap.
But I didn't summon you here to bully you.
Summon my jeweler, this instant!
When I have news of Tigellinus coming, I shall summon him with the others.
Through wind and darkness, I summon thee. Speak!
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage.
We could summon them all to the clinic.
Summon the best craftsmen.
Go, gentle Catesby. and, as it were far off, sound thou Lord Hastings. how he stands affected unto our purpose. and summon him tomorrow to the Tower. to counsel on the coronation.
By the way, Steve told me to summon you.
I didn't summon you here for that.
Summon?
Who are you trying to summon?
The Auda I'd heard of wouldn't need to summon help to look after his wells.
Summon all the officers!
Now, not another word, or I shall have to summon a policeman.
I will summon you to Paris as soon as a suitable time has elapsed.
Hark, how these instruments summon you to supper.

News and current affairs

Once they realize they can't bully the ECB into unwanted and self-destructive interest rate cuts, EU leaders actually might summon up the will to lead-which is, after all, what they have been elected to do.
On this occasion, the socialist government of Lionel Jospin belatedly tried to summon a bit more firmness than usual, but otherwise it's a familiar story: alarming to foreigners, but not very surprising or disturbing to the French.
Fortunately, Europe has the means to address this crisis, if it can summon the wisdom and the political will.
At the convention, he seemingly hoped to summon the old Obama, to charm and soar, but that man was simply no longer available.
As the main architect of globalization, which awakened awareness worldwide of the need for global public goods, the US must, even in its weariness, summon its creative resources.
I am running for president in order to cleanse the state apparatus of corruption and bureaucratic arbitrariness and to summon competent and responsible people into state service.
But, while Romney may summon bravado and strong rhetoric, other world leaders would be unlikely to follow him, owing to the belief (correct in my judgment) that he would take the US - and them - in the wrong direction.
Frightened populations can all too easily summon images of radical refugees slipping across borders intent on wreaking mayhem.
There are even rumors that some of them have resorted to witchcraft to summon spirits from beyond the grave, and that Ahmadinejad has had direct contact with the hidden Imam (the Shia messiah).
Each of them could pursue game-changing initiatives if only they could summon the necessary statesmanship.
We will all pay dearly - in defense budgets and, more important, in lost global opportunities - if we do not summon the courage to design a global order in which non-state actors have a formal role.
Unfortunately, Israeli leaders are unable to summon the statesmanship required to manage the strategic readjustment occurring in the region.

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