All 9 Uses of
summon
in
Dracula
- Am summoned to see my father, who is worse.†
p. 120.9summoned = called forth; or called to come
- The attendant knew the symptoms, and at once summoned aid.†
p. 125.6 *
- Happily Van Helsing has not summoned me, so I need not forego my sleep.†
p. 152.6
- "Come," I said, "my dear old fellow, summon all your fortitude.†
p. 171.6summon = call forth; or call to come
- He held my hand in his, and said to me with, oh, such infinite sweetness, "My life is a barren and lonely one, and so full of work that I have not had much time for friendships, but since I have been summoned to here by my friend John Seward I have known so many good people and seen such nobility that I feel more than ever, and it has grown with my advancing years, the loneliness of my life.†
p. 197.8summoned = called forth; or called to come
- Besides, he can summon his wolf and I know not what.†
p. 216.9summon = call forth; or call to come
- One lesson, too, we have learned, if it be allowable to argue a particulari, that the brute beasts which are to the Count's command are yet themselves not amenable to his spiritual power, for look, these rats that would come to his call, just as from his castle top he summon the wolves to your going and to that poor mother's cry, though they come to him, they run pell-mell from the so little dogs of my friend Arthur.†
p. 270.3
- They entered in obedience to our summons.†
p. 303.7summons = calls forth; or a document calling to come
- Even then he can only summon fog and storm and snow and his wolves.†
p. 374.2summon = call forth; or call to come
Definition:
to call to appear, come, or take action -- often used for official or serious situations, including legal notices or emotional/spiritual urges