All 34 Uses of
summon
in
Dune
- Well then, Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen, I summoned you here hoping to teach you a bit of wisdom.†
Book 1
- Now summon the boy.†
Book 1
- Shall I summon a handler to help you?†
Book 1
- A summons from your father to—†
Book 1
- He had been summoned back from the Fremen and had his orders from Hawat—"Under pretext of guarding her, you will keep the Lady Jessica under constant surveillance."†
Book 1
- If Yueh didn't tell you why I summoned you, then one of your spies in my household did.†
Book 1
- "You think of nerve couriers racing to summon help that cannot come," Piter said.†
Book 1
- The Baron reached beneath a drapery beside his suspensor bed, pressed a button to summon his older nephew, Rabban.†
Book 2
- Not this Rabban he'd summoned, of course.†
Book 2
- "You summoned me," Rabban said.†
Book 2
- That's why I summoned you here to Arrakis.†
Book 2
- Paul stepped out of the crack, watched the sand wave recede across the waste toward the new thumper summons.†
Book 2
- He summoned the energy to croak at it.†
Book 2
- He summoned all his strength, moved his hand a finger's width toward the nearest hawk.†
Book 2
- When we see the first moon rise this night, whom will it summon?†
Book 2
- "Your son has been summoned from his rest, Sayyadina," Stilgar said.†
Book 2
- I thought I was being summoned to council.†
Book 2
- When he threw the latch, the thumper would begin its summons.
Book 3 *summons = call (to come)
- The captive worm could be ridden until it lay exhausted and quiescent upon the desert surface and a new maker must be summoned.†
Book 3
- He lifted his head and looked to the south, reminding himself that the maker summoned wild from the erg was an unknown quantity, and the one who summoned it was equally unknown to this test.†
Book 3
- He lifted his head and looked to the south, reminding himself that the maker summoned wild from the erg was an unknown quantity, and the one who summoned it was equally unknown to this test.†
Book 3
- The clapper began revolving and the summons drummed through the sand, a measured "lump …. lump …. lump ….†
Book 3
- But what you'll summon for your test is a wild maker, an old man of the desert.†
Book 3
- Anything that summoned a worm had to be avoided at all costs.†
Book 3
- Paul lowered his voice, said: "Stilgar, I want sandwalkers out this night and cielagos sent to summon a Council Gathering.†
Book 3
- Why did he summon me? she asked herself.†
Book 3
- There was jealousy when it was learned that I'd been summoned north.†
Book 3
- "I summoned you," Jessica said.†
Book 3
- "You have reasons other than courtesy for summoning me," Chani said.†
Book 3
- I came at your summons, Majesty.†
Book 3
- "Summons!" the old witch cackled.†
Book 3
- But there was no one here to obey his summons.†
Book 3
- "Summon Count Fenring from his quarters," the Reverend Mother said.†
Book 3
- The purpose: to be driven into the sand and set "thumping" to summon shai-hulud.†
Book Term
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