All 20 Uses of
summon
in
The Return of the King
- Will they answer the summons, think you?†
Chpt 5.1
- And I can give you news of another order: you will be summoned to the Lord Denethor early tomorrow.†
Chpt 5.1
- No, when the summons comes, not at sunrise.†
Chpt 5.1
- We rode as swiftly as we might when your summons came.†
Chpt 5.2
- 'But I did not summon you,' said Aragorn, 'save only in wish.†
Chpt 5.2
- 'They answered a summons, as you heard,' said Gimli.†
Chpt 5.2
- But when Sauron returned and grew in might again, Isildur summoned the Men of the Mountains to fulfil their oath, and they would not: for they had worshipped Sauron in the Dark Years.†
Chpt 5.2
- For this war will last through years uncounted, and you shall be summoned once again ere the end.†
Chpt 5.2
- I summon you to the Stone of Erech!†
Chpt 5.2
- They have been summoned,' said Elladan.†
Chpt 5.2
- But at that very moment a trumpet sounded, and a man came summoning him, the king's esquire, to wait at the king's board.†
Chpt 5.3
- 'The Red Arrow!' said Theoden, holding it, as one who receives a summons long expected and yet dreadful when it comes.†
Chpt 5.3
- You are summoned to the Lord of the City to learn your new duties.†
Chpt 5.4
- Early in the morning the Council had been summoned.†
Chpt 5.4
- Pippin left him and called for the servants, and they came: six men of the household, strong and fair; yet they trembled at the summons.†
Chpt 5.4
- Merry waited to hear no more, but slipped away to get ready for the summons to the march.†
Chpt 5.5
- The king summoned the captains to council.
Chpt 5.5 *summoned = called (to come)
- To the air he had returned, summoning his steed ere the darkness failed, and now he was come again, bringing ruin, turning hope to despair, and victory to death.†
Chpt 5.6
- At his summons, wheeling with a rending cry, in a last desperate race there flew, faster than the winds, the Nazgul the Ringwraiths, and with a storm of wings they hurtled southwards to Mount Doom.†
Chpt 6.3
- Merry was summoned and rode away with the wains that took store of goods to Osgiliath and thence by ship to Cair Andros; but Faramir did not go, for now being healed he took upon him his authority and the Stewardship, although it was only for a little while, and his duty was to prepare for one who should replace him.†
Chpt 6.5
Definition:
-
(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