†a. to call (a person) to stress: to summon (a person) to court; (perhaps) spec. to require (someone) to pledge that he or she will appear before a court. Obsolete.
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?a1400 (a1338) R. MannyngChron. (Petyt) (1996) ii. l. 3395 Bot if he [sc. an escaped felon] to þer baylifes mak his sikernesse, þat þei wille him maynpis if he wer cald to stresse [Fr. kaunt serra chalengé].