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summon

sum·mon

UK/ˈsʌmən/ US/ˈsʌmʌn/ fairly common slang

verb

1.

call in an official matter, such as to attend court

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2.

ask to come

  • “summon a lawyer”
3.

gather or bring together

  • “muster the courage to do something”
  • “she rallied her intellect”
  • “Summon all your courage”
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4.

make ready for action or use

  • “marshal resources”
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Origin

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)).

Phrases

  • summon auntie
  • summon up

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