summon
Plural: summons
Verb
Verb Forms: summoned, summoning, summons
- To order someone or something to appear.
- call in an official matter, such as to attend court
- ask to come
- "summon a lawyer"
- gather or bring together
- "Summon all your courage"
- make ready for action or use
- To call people together; to convene; to convoke.
- To ask someone to come; to send for.
- To order (goods) and have delivered
- To rouse oneself to exert a skill.
- To call a resource by magic.
- To summons; convene.
- To impose such a fine or penalty, or to issue a notice thereof.
Noun
- A creature magically summoned to do the summoner's bidding.
- call, command, order
- A fine; a fee or monetary penalty incurred for breaking the law; usually for a minor offence such as a traffic violation.
- A notice of an infringement of the law, usually incurring such a penalty; a citation or ticket.
Examples
- She tried to summon a seven-letter word, but only ’MONS’ came to mind.
- The police summoned the driver for speeding.
- They kena summoned for littering.
- You better pay off the parking summon tomorrow before you kena interest on it.
Origin / Etymology
From Anglo-Norman somoundre, from Old French sumundre, from Latin summonēre, itself from sub + monēre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti, causative from *men- (“to think”).
Synonyms
cite, come up, marshal, mobilise, mobilize, muster, muster up, rally, summons, draw, saman, summon up
Scrabble Score: 10
summon: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsummon: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
summon: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary