summon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To call people together; to convene; to convoke.
  2. To ask someone to come; to send for.
  3. To order (goods) and have delivered
  4. To rouse oneself to exert a skill.
  5. To call a resource by magic.
  6. To summons; convene.
noun
  1. A creature magically summoned to do the summoner's bidding.
  2. call, command, order
noun
  1. A fine; a fee or monetary penalty incurred for breaking the law; usually for a minor offence such as a traffic violation.
  2. A notice of an infringement of the law, usually incurring such a penalty; a citation or ticket.
verb
  1. To impose such a fine or penalty, or to issue a notice thereof.

Pronunciation

/ˈsʌmən/ en-us-summon.ogg

Word forms

summon summons summoning summoned no-table-tags glossary summonest summonedst summoneth

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”). Compare typologically from the same PIE root mention, Russian помина́ть (pominátʹ), упомина́ть (upominátʹ) (developed less further, keeping strong relation with по́мнить (pómnitʹ)), also compare помина́й как зва́ли (pomináj kak zváli) (<+ звать (zvatʹ)).

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