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sum·mon  (smn)

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).

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[Middle English somonen, from Old French somondre, from Vulgar Latin *summonere, from Latin summonre, to remind privately, hint to : sub-, secretly; see sub- + monre, to warn; see men-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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summon·er n.

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summon [ˈsʌmən]

vb (tr)

1. (Law) to order to come; send for, esp to attend court, by issuing a summons

2. to order or instruct (to do something) or call (to something) the bell summoned them to their work

3. to call upon to meet or convene

4. (often foll by up) to muster or gather (one's strength, courage, etc.)

[from Latin summonēre to give a discreet reminder, from monēre to advise]

summonable  adj

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	summon - call in an official matter, such as to attend court summons, cite vouch - summon (a vouchee) into court to warrant or defend a title send for, call - order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!" demand - summon to court
	2.	summon - ask to come; "summon a lawyer" page - contact, as with a pager or by calling somebody's name over a P.A. system buzz - call with a buzzer; "he buzzed the servant" send for, call - order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!" convoke, convene - call together; "The students were convened in the auditorium" beckon - summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture
	3.	summon - gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage" muster, muster up, rally, come up gather, pull together, collect, garner - assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"
	4.	summon - make ready for action or use; "marshal resources" mobilize, marshal, mobilise gather, pull together, collect, garner - assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"

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summon

verb

1. send for, call, bid, invite, rally, assemble, convene, call together, convoke Howe summoned a doctor and hurried over.

2. (often with up) gather, muster, draw on, invoke, mobilize, call into action We couldn't even summon up the energy to open the envelope.

Translations

summon [ˈsʌmən] VT [+ servant, doctor etc] → llamar; [+ meeting] → convocar; [+ aid] → pedir (Jur) → citar, emplazar
to be summoned to sb's presence → ser llamado a la presencia de algn
they summoned me to advise them → me llamaron para que les aconsejara
to summon a town to surrender → hacer una llamada a una ciudad para que se rinda

summon up VT + ADV [+ courage] → armarse de, cobrar; [+ memory] → evocar

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summon [ˈsʌmən] vt

(= call for) [+ doctor, waiter, secretary, servant] → faire venir, appeler

(LAW) → citer à comparaître
to summon a witness → citer un témoin à comparaître
to be summoned before sb/sth → être cité(e) à comparaître devant qn/qch

[+ courage] → rassembler

summon up

vt fus

[+ courage, energy] → rassembler
to summon up the courage to do sth → trouver le courage de faire qch
He eventually summoned up the courage to ask Melanie out → Il finit par trouver le courage d'inviter Melanie à sortir avec lui.

(= evoke) [+ memories] → rassembler

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summon

vt

servant etc → (herbei)rufen, kommen lassen, herbeizitieren; police, fire brigade etc → (herbei)rufen; help → holen; members → zusammenrufen; meeting, Parliament → einberufen; to summon somebody to do something (= order) → jdn auffordern, etw zu tun; the King summoned his ministers → der König rief seine Minister zusammen; he was summoned back → er wurde zurückgerufen; to be summoned into somebody’s presence → zu jdm befohlen or zitiert (iro) → werden; a bell summoned them to their work → eine Glocke rief sie zur Arbeit

(Jur) → vorladen; summon the next witness! → rufen Sie den nächsten Zeugen (auf)!

to summon the courage/strength to do something → den Mut/die Kraft aufbringen, etw zu tun

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summon [ˈsʌmən] vt (meeting) → convocare; (aid, doctor, servant) → chiamare (Law) to summon a witness → citare un testimone

summon up vt + adv (courage, interest) → trovare
to summon up all one's courage → farsi coraggio, armarsi di coraggio
to summon up all one's strength → fare appello a tutte le proprie forze
I couldn't summon up the courage to tell him → non ho trovato il coraggio di dirglielo

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summon [ˈsʌmən] vt (meeting) → convocare; (aid, doctor, servant) → chiamare (Law) to summon a witness → citare un testimone

summon up vt + adv (courage, interest) → trovare
to summon up all one's courage → farsi coraggio, armarsi di coraggio
to summon up all one's strength → fare appello a tutte le proprie forze
I couldn't summon up the courage to tell him → non ho trovato il coraggio di dirglielo

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summon

v summon [ˈsamən]

to order to come or appear He was summoned to appear in court; The head teacher summoned her to his room; A meeting was summoned. roep, oproep يَسْتَدْعي، يَدْعو إلى призовавам povolat; zavolat; svolat indkalde; tilkalde (zusammen)rufen, vorladen καλώ (επίσημα) convocar (välja) kutsuma, kokku kutsuma احضار كردن kutsua convoquer לְזַמֵן बुलाना, सम्मान देना, का आह्वाहन देना sazivati, pozvati beidéz memanggil boða; stefna convocare 呼び出す 출두를 명받다, 소집하다 pašaukti, sušaukti izsaukt (uz tiesu u.tml.); sasaukt (sapulci u.tml.) memanggil ontbieden tilkalle; stevne; kalle sammen wezwać, zwołać convocar a convoca вызывать; созывать predvolať, zavolať, zvolať pozvati sazvati kalla [], sammankalla ใช้หมายศาลเรียก çağırmak 傳喚，召集 викликати; вимагати виконання طلب کرنا gọi đến, mời đến 传唤，召集