亚洲网紅露点

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summon

[ suhm-uhn ]

verb (used with object)

  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, especially 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. followed by up ):

    to summon all one's courage.



summon

/ 藞蝉蕦尘蓹苍 /

verb

  1. to order to come; send for, esp to attend court, by issuing a summons
  2. to order or instruct (to do something) or call (to something)

    the bell summoned them to their work

  3. to call upon to meet or convene
  4. often foll by up to muster or gather (one's strength, courage, etc)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蝉耻尘尘辞苍补产濒别, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉耻尘路尘辞苍路补路产濒别 adjective
  • 蝉耻尘路尘辞苍路别谤 noun
  • 谤别路蝉耻尘路尘辞苍 verb (used with object)
  • un路蝉耻尘路尘辞苍路补路产濒别 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of summon1

First recorded in 1175鈥1225; from Medieval Latin 蝉耻尘尘辞苍脓谤别 鈥渢o summon,鈥 Latin: 鈥渢o remind unofficially, suggest,鈥 equivalent to sum- sum- + 尘辞苍脓谤别 鈥渢o remind, warn鈥; replacing Middle English somonen, from Old French semondre, somondre, from unattested Vulgar Latin summonere, Latin 蝉耻尘尘辞苍脓谤别, as above
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of summon1

C13: from Latin 蝉耻尘尘辞苍脓谤别 to give a discreet reminder, from 尘辞苍脓谤别 to advise
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Synonym Study

See call.
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I was summoned to see Flower and, as I was on the way out of the door, KP told me to tell Flower I was entering the auction whether he liked it or not.

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She smiled broadly as she rhapsodized with mile-a-minute enthusiasm about her work, eyes wide and fingers fluttering over the table, as though she was once again summoning Bach or Paganini.

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"Some individuals deemed responsible" had been summoned for questioning, he added.

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With two left-handed hitters looming, Roberts summoned southpaw Anthony Banda from the bullpen.

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Secondly, if Trump actually summoned up the will to order a military invasion of Greenland, no one could stop him.

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