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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
- She took her post before the urn; and Miss Isabella came, summoned by the bell; then, having handed their chairs forward, I left the room.Chapter 10 (38% in)
- Her companion rose up, but he hadn't time to express his feelings further, for a horse's feet were heard on the flags, and having knocked gently, young Linton entered, his face brilliant with delight at the unexpected summon she had received.Chapter 8 (70% in)
- And now that she is vanished to her rest, and I have meditated for another hour or two, I shall summon courage to go also, in spite of aching laziness of head and limbs.Chapter 9 (**% in)
- I attempted to steal to the door with an intention of calling her husband; but I was summoned back by a piercing shriek — the shawl had dropped from the frame.Chapter 12 (30% in)
- Mr. Linton summoned me, and with great difficulty, and after resorting to many means, we managed to restore her to sensation; but she was all bewildered; she sighed, and moaned, and knew nobody.Chapter 15 (95% in)
- The ruffian kicked and trampled on him, and dashed his head repeatedly against the flags, holding me with one hand, meantime, to prevent me summoning Joseph.Chapter 17 (45% in)
- I obeyed her summons, and accompanied her out.Chapter 21 (90% in)
- Her magnanimity provoked his tears: he wept wildly, kissing her supporting hands, and yet could not summon courage to speak out.Chapter 27 (22% in)
- He had sold himself to Mr. Heathcliff: that was the cause of his delay in obeying my master's summons.Chapter 28 (89% in)
- Her cousin, after watching her endeavours a while, at last summoned courage to help her; she held her frock, and he filled it with the first that came to hand.Chapter 30 (68% in)
- I was summoned to Wuthering Heights, within a fortnight of your leaving us, she said; and I obeyed joyfully, for Catherine's sake.Chapter 32 (44% in)
- He trembled, and his face glowed: all his rudeness and all his surly harshness had deserted him: he could not summon courage, at first, to utter a syllable in reply to her questioning look, and her murmured petition.Chapter 32 (87% in)
- At length he summoned Hareton from his seat.Chapter 32 (93% in)
- He did not quit the house again that afternoon, and no one intruded on his solitude; till, at eight o'clock, I deemed it proper, though unsummoned, to carry a candle and his supper to him.Chapter 34 (24% in)
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