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Definition
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
- I was summoned to the principal's office.
summoned = called to come
- I summoned all my courage and walked into the room.
- Percy summoned the power of the river.Rick Riordan -- The Son of Neptune
- He insisted on summoning a dementor to accompany him into the castle.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Since his boat was the fastest, Mark was summoned to aid in the search.Margaret Craven -- I Heard the Owl Call My Name
- I summoned strength to ask what had caused this calamity.Charlotte Bronte -- Jane Eyre
- 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
- Police and life squad were summoned at 4:11.Sharon M. Draper -- Tears of a Tiger
- He took a breath, summoned his courage, and continued.Louis Sachar -- Holes
- He missed homeroom because he was summoned to the vice-principal's office.Carl Hiassen -- Hoot
- I'm trying to summon the courage to do what I have to do.Gayle Forman -- If I Stay
- 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
- When he threw the latch, the thumper would begin its summons.Frank Herbert -- Dune
- with all his strength, and more strength he had just summoned,Ernest Hemingway -- The Old Man and the Sea
- Summon all our people to meet me here as speedily as they can.C.S. Lewis -- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- What does it take to summon a major spirit?Henry H. Neff -- The Second Siege
- The doctor was summoned.Ray Bradbury -- The Martian Chronicles
- He has no Stone to see with, and cannot answer the summons.J.R.R. Tolkien -- The Two Towers
- Bravery should be an interior quality, summoned from within.Robert Cormier -- After the First Death
- He hesitated, trying to summon his strength, for the rest of what he had to say.Nicholas Sparks -- The Last Song
summoned = called forth (collected from within)
summoned = called forth; or called to come
summoning = calling to come
summoned = called (to come out and)
summoned = called forth (gathered from within)
summoning = calling forth
summoned = called to come
summoned = called forth (from within)
summoned = called (to appear)
summon = call forth; or call to come
summoned = called (asked to come)
summons = call (to come)
summoned = called forth; or called to come
summon = call (to come)
summon = call forth; or call to come
summoned = called (to come)
summons = call (to come)
summoned = called forth; or called to come
summon = called forth