All 7 Uses of
summon
in
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- God could call him now, call him as he sat at his desk, before he had time to be conscious of the summons.†
Chpt 3
- He could not summon them to his memory.†
Chpt 3
- His blood began to murmur in his veins, murmuring like a sinful city summoned from its sleep to hear its doom.†
Chpt 3 *
- Ever since the message of summons had come for him from the director his mind had struggled to find the meaning of the message; and, during the long restless time he had sat in the college parlour waiting for the director to come in, his eyes had wandered from one sober picture to another around the walls and his mind wandered from one guess to another until the meaning of the summons had almost become clear.†
Chpt 4
- Ever since the message of summons had come for him from the director his mind had struggled to find the meaning of the message; and, during the long restless time he had sat in the college parlour waiting for the director to come in, his eyes had wandered from one sober picture to another around the walls and his mind wandered from one guess to another until the meaning of the summons had almost become clear.†
Chpt 4
- He walked away slowly towards the deeper shadows at the end of the colonnade, beating the stone softly with his stick to hide his revery from the students whom he had left: and allowed his mind to summon back to itself the age of Dowland and Byrd and Nash.†
Chpt 5
- The images he had summoned gave him no pleasure.†
Chpt 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