summon
VerbSubstantivSubstantivVerbhäufig in Dialogen
- //ˈsʌmən//
To call people together; to convene; to convoke.
Verb
- 1
To call people together; to convene; to convoke.
Silence is primary, summoning presence to itself; so it's a connection to the realm of origin.
- 2
To ask someone to come; to send for.
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.
- 3
To order (goods) and have delivered
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.
- 4
To rouse oneself to exert a skill.
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.
- 5
To call a resource by magic.
“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.”
- 6
To summons; convene.
Herkunft
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)).
Substantiv
- 1
A creature magically summoned to do the summoner's bidding.
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.
- 2
call, command, order
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.
Substantiv
- 1
SlangA fine; a fee or monetary penalty incurred for breaking the law; usually for a minor offence such as a traffic violation.
You better pay off the parking summon tomorrow before you kena interest on it.
- 2
SlangA notice of an infringement of the law, usually incurring such a penalty; a citation or ticket.
Herkunft
Borrowed from Malay saman (“fine, financial penalty”), which is itself borrowed from English summons (“notice summoning someone to appear in court”). This sense re-emerged in English as summon likely due to the erroneous belief that the original singular English word summons is plural. Doublet of summons and saman.
Verb
- 1
SlangTo impose such a fine or penalty, or to issue a notice thereof.
The police summoned the driver for speeding.
They kena summoned for littering.
Formen
- Plural
- summons
- Präteritum
- summoned
- Partizip II
- summoned
- Partizip I
- summoning
- 3. Person Singular
- summons
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