summon
IPA: sˈʌmʌn
noun
- (video games) A creature magically summoned to do the summoner's bidding.
- call, command, order
- (Malaysia, colloquial, slang) A fine; a fee or monetary penalty incurred for breaking the law; usually for a minor offence such as a traffic violation.
- (Malaysia, colloquial, slang) A notice of an infringement of the law, usually incurring such a penalty; a citation or ticket.
verb
- (transitive) To call people together; to convene.
- (transitive) To ask someone to come; to send for.
- To order (goods) and have delivered
- (transitive) To rouse oneself to exert a skill.
- (fantasy, transitive) To call a resource by magic.
- (law, transitive) To summons; convene.
- (transitive, Malaysia, colloquial, slang) To impose such a fine or penalty, or to issue a notice thereof.
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Examples of "summon" in Sentences
- He summoned him to the court.
- The next step is to summon the people.
- Most of the summons are about the same.
- He is the person who received the summons.
- He did not know the reason for the summons.
- The aeon reflects the heart of the summoner.
- The cry of distress is the summons to relief.
- Eventually, the summons from the priest comes.
- The council was summoned primarily for the condemnation of Adoptionism.
- The army was summoned to quell the looting and nationalist street riots.