单词 | summon |
释义 | summon —summonable, adj. —summoner, n. /sum"euhn/, v.t. 1. to call upon to do something specified. 2. to call for the presence of, as by command, message, or signal; call. 3. to call or notify to appear at a specified place, esp. before a court: to summon a defendant. 4. to authorize or order a gathering of; call together by authority, as for deliberation or action: to summon parliament. 5. to call into action; rouse; call forth (often. fol. by up): to summon all one's courage. [1175-1225; < ML summonere to summon, L: to remind unofficially, suggest, equiv. to sum- SUM- + monere to remind, warn; r. ME somonen < OF semondre, somondre < VL *summonere, L summonere, as above] Syn. 1-3. See call. |
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