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To order (someone) to be present or to go to a given location
“He rang the nearest bell to summon his butler, James, the source of all knowledge.”
To authoritatively call on (someone) to be present as a defendant or witness in a law court
“Ordinarily, a Magistrate is bound to summon witnesses cited by a person committed for trial to the Court of Session.”
To call for a meeting or gathering of people
“Megavett would appreciate it if their ship's captain could summon a meeting between our two seniormost staff.”
To give an order or command to someone
“He was a musician so skilled that a king would summon him to play because his music would drive away the king's depression when nothing else helped.”
To ask or make a request for (something)
“He now had the opportunity to summon support for his application from those with whom he had been working.”
To make an effort to produce (a particular quality or reaction) from within oneself
“That's a perspective Bell might not have been able to summon five years ago.”
To evoke or call an image or memory to mind
“The Kammerspiele's spectators watching Der Sturm might thus summon their memories of other great productions staged in this venue.”
To conjure or cause to appear by summoning or calling upon
“Those who would expel the spirits of evil must summon the spirits of the five elements.”
To summon or signal (to someone or a vehicle)
To sue or bring action against in court
To sound a horn, siren, or steam whistle
To remember or bring back to mind
To invite someone somewhere
To urge someone to do something
To issue, establish or apply as a fee, charge, fine or penalty
To defy or challenge someone to do something
To initiate legal action against someone
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