summon
VERB:
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.
6. to order to come; send for, esp to attend court, by issuing a summons.
7. to order or instruct (to do something) or call (to something):
the bell summoned them to their work.
8. to call upon to meet or convene.
9. (often foll by up) to muster or gather (one's strength, courage, etc).
10. to issue a call to convene; convoke.
11. to command by service of a summons to appear in court.
12. to call upon for specified action.
13. to bid to come; send for:
summon a physician.
14. to call forth; evoke —often used with up.
Examples:
The queen summoned him back to the palace. // Without explanation, the managing editor summoned me to his office.
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. British dictionary: C13: from Latin summonēre to give a discreet reminder, from monēre to advise. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of summon: 13th century. History and Etymology for summon: Middle English somnen, somonen, from Anglo-French somondre, from Vulgar Latin *summonere, alteration of Latin summonēre to remind secretly, from sub- secretly + monēre to warn — more at sub-, mind. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 5 August 2020 {9:54 AM}
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.
6. to order to come; send for, esp to attend court, by issuing a summons.
7. to order or instruct (to do something) or call (to something):
the bell summoned them to their work.
8. to call upon to meet or convene.
9. (often foll by up) to muster or gather (one's strength, courage, etc).
10. to issue a call to convene; convoke.
11. to command by service of a summons to appear in court.
12. to call upon for specified action.
13. to bid to come; send for:
summon a physician.
14. to call forth; evoke —often used with up.
Examples:
The queen summoned him back to the palace. // Without explanation, the managing editor summoned me to his office.
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. British dictionary: C13: from Latin summonēre to give a discreet reminder, from monēre to advise. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of summon: 13th century. History and Etymology for summon: Middle English somnen, somonen, from Anglo-French somondre, from Vulgar Latin *summonere, alteration of Latin summonēre to remind secretly, from sub- secretly + monēre to warn — more at sub-, mind. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 5 August 2020 {9:54 AM}