All 8 Uses of
summon
in
Crime and Punishment
- And when He has done with all of them, then He will summon us.†
Chpt 1.2
- A summons to the police office, of course.†
Chpt 2.1
- It was an ordinary summons from the district police-station to appear that day at half-past nine at the office of the district superintendent.†
Chpt 2.1
- I was summoned…. by a notice….†
Chpt 2.1 *
- We therefore summon you, hereupon.†
Chpt 2.1
- That threat to go away is equivalent to a threat to abandon you both if you are disobedient, and to abandon you now after summoning you to Petersburg.†
Chpt 3.3
- CHAPTER V When next morning at eleven o'clock punctually Raskolnikov went into the department of the investigation of criminal causes and sent his name in to Porfiry Petrovitch, he was surprised at being kept waiting so long: it was at least ten minutes before he was summoned.†
Chpt 4.5
- At that moment he was summoned to Porfiry Petrovitch.†
Chpt 4.5
Definition:
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(summon) to call forthThe exact meaning of summon can depend upon its context. For example:
- "summon to court" -- officially demand that someone appear in court (call them to court)
- "summon the team to a meeting" -- call upon the team members to attend a meeting
- "summon help" -- call others to come and help
- "summon her courage" -- call forth her courage from within