All 9 Uses of
summon
in
Oliver Twist
- Unfortunately for, the experimental philosophy of the female to whose protecting care Oliver Twist was delivered over, a similar result usually attended the operation of her system; for at the very moment when the child had contrived to exist upon the smallest possible portion of the weakest possible food, it did perversely happen in eight and a half cases out of ten, either that it sickened from want and cold, or fell into the fire from neglect, or got half-smothered by accident; in any one of which cases, the miserable little being was usually summoned into another world, and there gathered to the fathers it had never known in this.†
Chpt 2summoned = called forth; or called to come
- At length summoning up courage, she threw her arms around Mr. Bumble's neck, and said, it might be as soon as ever he pleased, and that he was 'a irresistible duck.'†
Chpt 27summoning = calling forth; or calling to come
- He summoned up all his strength for one last trial, and bent his faltering steps towards it.†
Chpt 28summoned = called forth; or called to come
- 'Hem!' said Mr. Bumble, summoning up all his native dignity.†
Chpt 37 *summoning = calling forth; or calling to come
- The young woman, who had by this time, noted her appearance, replied only by a look of virtuous disdain; and summoned a man to answer her.†
Chpt 39summoned = called forth; or called to come
- If you repeat this information to a gentleman whom I can summon in an instant from the next room, you can be consigned to some place of safety without half an hour's delay.'†
Chpt 40summon = call forth; or call to come
- The old housekeeper answered the summons with all dispatch; and dropping a curtsey at the door, waited for orders.†
Chpt 41summons = calls forth; or a document calling to come
- The certainty of immediate detection if he fired, flashed across his mind even in the midst of his fury; and he beat it twice with all the force he could summon, upon the upturned face that almost touched his own.†
Chpt 47summon = call forth; or call to come
- I would summon before me, once again, those joyous little faces that clustered round her knee, and listen to their merry prattle;†
Chpt 53
Definition:
to call to appear, come, or take action -- often used for official or serious situations, including legal notices or emotional/spiritual urges