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Definition

to call forth

The 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

summoned = called to come

summoned = called forth (collected from within)

Atticus summoned Calpurnia, who returned bearing the syrup pitcher.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

summoned = called to come

The earliest riser, coming forth in the dim twilight, would perceive a vaguely-defined figure aloft on the place of shame; and half-crazed betwixt alarm and curiosity, would go knocking from door to door, summoning all the people to behold the ghost—as he needs must think it—of some defunct transgressor.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter

summoning = calling to come

summoned = called forth; or called to come

He insisted on summoning a dementor to accompany him into the castle.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

summoning = calling to come

Since his boat was the fastest, Mark was summoned to aid in the search.
Margaret Craven -- I Heard the Owl Call My Name

summoned = called (to come out and)

I summoned strength to ask what had caused this calamity.
Charlotte Bronte -- Jane Eyre

summoned = called forth (gathered from within)

Then, summoning the wild courage of despair, a throng of the revellers at once threw themselves into the black apartment,
Edgar Allan Poe -- The Masque of the Red Death

summoning = calling forth

Police and life squad were summoned at 4:11.
Sharon M. Draper -- Tears of a Tiger

summoned = called to come

summoned = called forth (from within)

He missed homeroom because he was summoned to the vice-principal's office.
Carl Hiassen -- Hoot

summoned = called (to appear)

I'm trying to summon the courage to do what I have to do.
Gayle Forman -- If I Stay

summon = call forth; or call to come

It was evident that he had been summoned rather for the moral support of the stricken ladies than because of any specific aid that he could render.
Edith Wharton -- The Age of Innocence

summoned = called (asked to come)

When he threw the latch, the thumper would begin its summons.
Frank Herbert -- Dune

summons = call (to come)

with all his strength, and more strength he had just summoned,
Ernest Hemingway -- The Old Man and the Sea

summoned = called forth; or called to come

Summon all our people to meet me here as speedily as they can.
C.S. Lewis -- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

summon = call (to come)

PARRIS, sweating: These people should be summoned.
Arthur Miller -- The Crucible

summoned = called to come

summon = call forth; or call to come

summoned = called (to come)

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