summon
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[edit] English
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- Rhymes: -ʌmən
[edit] Etymology
From Anglo-Norman, from Old French sumundre, from Vulgar Latin *summundre, from Latin summonere (sub + monere)
[edit] Verb
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to summon (third-person singular simple present summons, present participle summoning, simple past and past participle summoned) (transitive)
- To call people together; to convene.
- 2007. Zerzan, John. Silence.
- Silence is primary, summoning presence to itself; so it's a connection to the realm of origin.
- 2007. Zerzan, John. Silence.
- To ask someone to come; to send for.
- (law) To order someone to appear in court, especially by issuing a summons.
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[edit] Translations
to call people together
to ask someone to come
law: to order someone to appear in court
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