summon
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: fantasy
law
video-games
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman somoundre, from Old French sumundre, from Latin summonēre, itself from sub + monēre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti, causative from *men- (“to think”).
Compare typologically from the same PIE root mention, Russian помина́ть (pominátʹ), упомина́ть (upominátʹ) (developed less further, keeping strong relation with по́мнить (pómnitʹ)), also compare помина́й как зва́ли (pomináj kak zváli) (<+ звать (zvatʹ)).
Inflected forms:
form: summons
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: summoning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: summoned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: summoned
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: summon
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: summon
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: summoned
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: summon
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: summonest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: summoned
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: summonedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: summons
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: summoneth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: summoned
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: summon
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: summoned
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: summon
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: summoned
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: summon
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: summoning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: summoned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: summons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To call people together; to convene; to convoke.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Silence is primary, summoning presence to itself; so it's a connection to the realm of origin.
gloss: To ask someone to come; to send for.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The cousins separated, and Nain Singh joined a caravan posing as a merchant. This time he crossed the border successfully. Singh eventually entered Jih-k’a-tse, the second-largest city in Tibet. It was in Jih-k’a-tse that he was summoned to meet the country’s second-highest religious authority, the Panchen Lama, who turned out to be only 11 years old.
gloss: To order (goods) and have delivered
pos: verb
examples: You can summon groceries, alcohol and medicines to your home: chips and vodka on New Year’s Eve, say, and then aspirin on New Year’s Day.
gloss: To rouse oneself to exert a skill.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: For securing the attainment of what he considered to be a most desirable end, he summoned all his abilities with a most praiseworthy energy and perseverance.
Joseph needed to summon all his reserve to keep his self-control, for no sooner had Asa voiced his request than Joseph recalled his remark to Aaron about a child being given to this couple in lieu of their giving Mary to him.
November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
City will feel nonplussed when they review the tape and Pellegrini had to summon all his restraint in the post-match interviews.
gloss: To call a resource by magic.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: “Why won't you teach me to summon water? I can summon fire so easily, it's only logical that I should learn to put out my mistakes.”
gloss: To summons; convene.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: A creature magically summoned to do the summoner's bidding.
pos: noun
examples: Conjuration magic in Baldur's Gate 3 allows players to summon a variety of helpful creatures […] These summons can assist players in combat and exploration, providing strategic advantages with their unique abilities.
gloss: call, command, order
pos: noun
examples: The deceased was 58 years of age, was the picture of health even five or six hours prior to his death, when suddenly the grim messenger came with a summon from a Higher Tribunal, calling him to duties above.
Derived words: resummon
submonish
summonable
summonee
summoningly
summons
summon up
unsummon
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