Summon

Definition: Summon

Summon

Verb

1. Call in an official matter, such as to attend court.

2. Ask to come; "summon a lawyer".

3. Gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage".

4. Make ready for action or use; "marshal resources".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "summon" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Summon \Sum"mon\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Summoned; present participle verb or noun Summoning.]. (references)

Synonyms: Summon

Command

Cite, summon; call for, send for; subpoena; beckon.

Courage

Take courage, muster courage, summon up courage, pluck up courage; nerve oneself, take heart; take heart, pluck up heart of grace; hold up one's head, screw one's courage to the sticking place; come up to scratch; stick to one's guns, standfire, stand against; bear up, bear up against; hold out; (persevere) a.

Excitation

Verb: excite, affect, touch, move, impress, strike, interest, animate, inspire, impassion, smite, infect; stir the blood, fire the blood, warm the blood; set astir; wake, awake, awaken; call forth; evoke, provoke; raise up, summon up, call up, wake up, blow up, get up, light up; raise; get up the steam, rouse, arouse, stir; fire, kindle, enkindle, apply the torch, set on fire, inflame.

Lawsuit

Serve with a writ, cite, apprehend, arraign, sue, prosecute, bring an action against, indict, impeach, attach, distrain, commit; arrest; summon, summons; give in charge; (restrain).

Memory

Remind; suggest; (inform ); prompt; put in mind, keep in mind, bring to mind; fan the embers; call up, summon up, rip up; renew; infandum renovare dolorem; jog the memory, flap the memory, refresh the memory, rub up the memory, awaken the memory; pull by the sleeve; bring back to the memory, put in remembrance, memorialize.

Crosswords: Summon

French (summit, surface, top).

Eternal Dragon, by your name, I summon you forth, Shenron (Dragon Ball Z; writing credit: Chris Forbis; Eric Johnson)

So, now it's time to summon her transparent butt back and ask exactly what that reason is. (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay)

Um, a shout out to my brother Tucker, who gave me the inspiration to summon demons and also- (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Who dares to summon the Master of Masters, the Deliverer of Darkness, the Shogun of Sorrow, Aku (Samurai Jack; writing credit: Paul Waite)

Shall we summon the writer (The Exorcist; writing credit: William Peter Blatty)

I summon fish to the dish, (One Week; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies)

To summon back the fire witch (THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING; performing artist: King Crimson)

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Books

• Riding the Waves of Change : Ways to Summon Perseverance, Passion, and Wisdom During Times of Transition (reference)

• Summon Spirit's Cry: A Collection of Poems (reference)

• Summon the Bright Water (reference)

• Summon the Demon (The Takers Series) [ABRIDGED] (reference)

• Summon the Keeper (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Summon the Heros (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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"I summon you to comradeship in the Red Cross" - Woodrow Wilson / Harrison Fisher 1918 ; American Lithographic Co. N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

In case any such emergency should arise the Secretary General shall on the request of any Member of the League forthwith summon a meeting of the Council. (reference)

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Be, if thy spirit summon thee to such a mission, the teacher and apostle of the red men.

He could not summon them to his memory

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Business

As the basis for its decision, the chamber will summon the necessary evidence and hold a hearing. (references)

Economic History

Sri Lanka

The president may summon, suspend, or end a legislative session and dissolve Parliament. (references)

Uae

The FNC does not have the power to legislate, but it can summon ministers and it performs an oversight function. (references)

Human Rights

Tonga

A court may not summon anyone without providing the person a written indictment stating the offenses the person is accused of committing. (references)

Political Rights

Bahrain

The Majlis also may summon cabinet ministers to respond to questions; however, its recommendations are not binding on the Government. (references)

Travel

Indonesia

The number of patrons reporting thefts and assaults in taxis has increased in recent months, and has prompted many expatriates to use only the most reputable taxi companies, opting to summon taxis by telephone rather than flagging them down on the street. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "summon": summon home ♦ summon parliament ♦ summon smb. to appear ♦ summon smb. to do smth. ♦ summon strength ♦ summon to a meeting ♦ summon to arms ♦ summon to do smth. ♦ summon up ♦ summon up one's courage ♦ summon up patience. Additional references.

Albanian

thërres (ask, bawl, call, call out, call up, conjure, convene, convoke, cry, exclaim, give a cry, hail, holler, invite, shout, sing out, vociferate, wawl, whoop), thërras (ask, bawl, call, call out, call up, conjure, convene, convoke, cry, drum up, exclaim, hail, holler, invite, obtest, page, shout, sing out, vociferate, wawl, whoop), ftoj në mbledhje, ftoj në gjyq, bëj thirrje (appeal, cite, invoke). (various references)

Arabic 

‏إستجمع شجاعته (courage, pluck up courage), ‏إستدعى للعدالة, ‏إستدعى (call, call up, demand, evoke, recall, send for), ‏إجتمع (assemble, congregate, convene, gang up on, get together, herd with, meet, muster, reunite), ‏دعا (allege, beckon, bid, call, claim, contend, enter a plea, feign, fetch, invite, name, plead, profess, purport, recall, set up, term, warn). (various references)

Bulgarian 

свиквам (accustom, addict, adjust oneself, call, call together, call up, convene, convoke, get acclimatized, habituate, inure, muster), призовавам (appeal, call down, call on, call out, conjure, exhort, invoke), повиквам (beckon, call, call away, call in, call out, call up, convene, send for). (various references)

Chinese 

召�"� (Beckon, Beckoned, Beckoning, Conjure, Conjured, Conjuring, Evoke, Evoked, Evoking, Summoned, summoning, summons, Summonses). (various references)

Czech

zavolat (call, call out, call up, hail, ring, ring up, send for), vyzvat (call, challenge, defy, invite), přivolat (call, call in, call out, call up, hail, ring up), předvolat (cite, haul up, have in), obeslat k soudu. (various references)

Danish

råbe (call), kalde (call). (various references)

Dutch

roepen (call, cry out, scream, shout, to call), in het geding geroepen, aanschrijven, aanschrijven, aanschrýven (instruct, notify). (various references)

Esperanto

voki (call), ordoni skribe (instruct, notify). (various references)

Faeroese

rópa á (call), kalla á (call). (various references)

Farsi 

فراخوانی , فراخواندن (Evoke, Muster, Recall), فراخواستن , احضارقانونی کردن , احضار (Call, Repeal, Vocation). (various references)

Finnish

kutsua (ask, call, invite). (various references)

French

convoquer, appeler. (various references)

German

vorladen (subpoena, summons, to subpoena, to summon). (various references)

Greek 

καλώ (bid, call, call on, hail, invite, send for). (various references)

Hebrew 

לזמן (convene, invite, prepare), לכ� ס (aggregate, assemble, convoke, gather, muster, rally, round up), ל�"וע�" (assemble). (various references)

Hungarian

megidéz (cite, evoke, summons, to cite, to conjure up, to convene, to evoke, to summon, to summons), hív (call, invite, to call, to clepe, to get in, to invoke, yclept), behív (call in, draft, draught, induct, to call in, to draft, to summon). (various references)

Icelandic

kalla (call). (various references)

Indonesian

menghimbau (beckon, call, make a call, name), mengetengahkan (set forth, subpoena), memanggil (address, beckon, call, calling, page). (various references)

Italian

chiamare (call, hail, name, page, phone, ring up, send for, sing out, term, to call), convocare (call together, convene, convoke), citare (adduce, cite, mention, quote). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

召し出す (to call out, to summon), 呼び出す (to call, to summon), 呼びつける (to get used to call, to summon), 呼び付ける (to get used to call, to summon), 呼び寄せる (to call, to call together, to send for, to summon). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

めし� す (to call out, to summon), よびつける (to get used to call, to summon), よびよせる (to call, to call together, to send for, to summon), よび� す (to call, to summon). (various references)

Korean 

소환하십시�". (various references)

Manx

symney (bann, citation, cite, convene, publish, summons). (various references)

Norwegian

kalle (call). (various references)

Papiamen

yama (be called, call). (various references)

Pig Latin

ummonsay.(various references)

Polish

wołać (call). (various references)

Portuguese

chamar (appeal to, attract, call, conciliate, court, denominate, draw, drew, hail, invoke, to call). (various references)

Romanian

chema (ask, call, call down, call up, challenge, chuckle, conjure, convene, convoke, entreat, hail, muster, page, ring, shout, signify). (various references)

Russian 

созывать (convene, convoke), вызывать;созывать (summoned, summoning), вызывать в суд (arraigned, cite, convene), вызывать (bring, bring about, bring forth, call, call in, challenge, cite, conjure, engender, entail, evoke, evoked, exert, give rise to, induce, involve, produce, provoke, ring for, whistle up). (various references)

Scottish

sumain (prosecute), gairm (a call, call, crow as a cock, proclaim, proclamation). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sazivati (convoke), zvati (call, invite), prikupiti (brace, collect, gather in, marshal, rally, reach, whip up). (various references)

Spanish

llamar (appeal to, beckon, buzz, call, call back, call in, call off, call over, call up, call upon, draw, engage, get, get on to, give a ring, have in, hit, hollo, holloa, invoke, knock, knock up, name, recall, ring, ring the bell, ring up, strike, term, to call, touch off, whip in), notificar (advise, declare, instruct, notify, proclaim, taste, tip off). (various references)

Sranan

kari (appeal to, call, invoke). (various references)

Swedish

sammankalla (assemble, call together, convene, convoke), kalla (arum lily, call, cite, collate, entitle, name, term), instämma (admit, assent, chime in, cite, concur, go along), inkalla (bring in, call up, conscript, convene, induct, muster). (various references)

Thai

ใช้หมายศาลเรียก, เรียกประชุม, ขอร้อง (ask, beg, hustle, obsecrate, request). (various references)

Turkish

toplamak (accumulate, add, add together, add up, agglomerate, aggregate, amass, assemble, beat up, bring together, build, call in, cast up, clear away, club, collect, combine, compile, concentrate, congest, congregate, consolidate, convene, cull, fold down back, furl, gather, gather up, glean, hand-pick, harvest, heap up, herd, hive, hive up, hoard, huddle, impound, lay up, levy, mass, muster, pack, pick, pick up, pluck, raise, rake together, rally, reckon up, recover, recruit, reunite, round up, scoop up, smarten up, sum up, summon up, tot up, total, totalize, treasure, treasure up, turn out), gelmesini emretmek, celp etmek, çağrı yapmak, çağırtmak (send for), çağırmak (call, call away, call for, call in, cite, cry out, hail, invite, invoke, shout to, sing, whistle up). (various references)

Turkmen 

kцsemek, зagyrmak (invite). (various references)

Ukrainian

скликати (assemble, call, convene, convoke), викликати (arouse, bring forth, bring on, call, call in, cause, challenge, champion, cite, create, defy, evoke, necessitate, procure, provoke, send for, send up, set smb. agog, stir up, strike, touch off, wake, warn, whistle up), вимагати виконання, збирати (agglomerate, amass, assemble, bag, canvass, carry, collect, compile, congregate, convene, convoke, cull, gather, gather in, levy, make up, muster, pick, pick in, win). (various references)

Welsh

gwysio, galw (call), dyfynnu (cite, quote). (various references)

accendam, acces, accitis, accitisque, accitoque, accitum, adhibe, adhibebitur, adhibere, adhibui, adhibuissent, advocabit, advocans, advocantem, advocatum, advocatus, advocaverit, appello, arcessierunt, arcessito, arcesso, accerso, arcesso; accerso, calamus, calites, citare, concitant, concitantem, concitantur, concitasti, concitat, concitata, concitate, concitati, concitatus, concitaverit, concitaverunt, concitavit, concitetur, concito, conrogabitur, indicare, indicas, indicat, indicens, indices, indicet, indico, indictoaudientes, indixi, indixisset, indixit, indixitque, invitati, invitatis, invitatos, invitatus, invitaverat, invitavit, invito, summonere, voca, vocabant, vocabat, vocabatur, vocaberis, vocabimini, vocabis, vocabisque, vocabit, vocabitis, vocabitur, vocabo, vocabunt, vocabuntur, vocamini, vocandum, vocans, vocansque, vocant, vocante, vocantem, vocantes, vocantur, vocare, vocarent, vocares, vocaret, vocaretur, vocari, vocassent, vocasset, vocasti, vocastis, vocat, vocata, vocatae, vocate, vocati, vocatique, vocatis, vocatisque, vocato, vocatos, vocatum, vocatumque, vocatur, vocatus, vocatusque, vocaverat, vocaveris, vocaverit, vocaverunt, vocaveruntque, vocavi, vocavique, vocavit, vocavitque, vocem, vocemini, vocemque, vocemus, vocent, voceris, voces, vocet, vocetis, vocetur, voco. (various references)

bonnan, clipian. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "summon": summonable, summoned, summoner, summoners, summoning, summons, summonsed, summonses, summonsing. (additional references)

Words ending with "summon": resummon. (additional references)

Words containing "summon": resummoned, resummoning, resummons. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Summon" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: kumon, sammon, samon, saumon, semont, Semyon, simonm, Somboon, sommon, spumon, sumen, summant, summen, summo, summond, summone, summor, sumon, Tummon. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: momus, muons.

-2 letters: moms, mons, mums, muns, muon, noms, nous, onus, sumo.

-3 letters: mom, mon, mos, mum, mun, mus, nom, nos, nus, oms, ons, som, son, sou, sum, sun, umm, uns.

-4 letters: mm, mo, mu, no, nu, om, on, os, so, um, un, us.

+1 letter: summons.

+2 letters: communes, muoniums, omentums, resummon, summoned, summoner.

+3 letters: ammoniums, communise, communism, communist, dominiums, encomiums, lomentums, meconiums, momentous, momentums, monuments, muskmelon, ombudsman, ombudsmen, resummons, summation, summoners, summoning, summonsed, summonses.

+4 letters: comminutes, communards, communions, communised, communises, communisms, communists, communizes, consummate, emoluments, harmoniums, homonymous, immunogens, krummhorns, membranous, monogamous, muskmelons, neodymiums, resummoned, stramonium, summations, summerlong, summonable, summonsing.