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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : suhm-uh nz |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsʌm ənz |
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Définition of summons
Origin :- c.1200, from Anglo-French, Old French sumundre "summon," from Vulgar Latin *summundre "to call, cite," from Latin summonere "hint to," from sub "under" + monere "warn, advise" (see monitor (n.)). Summons "authoritative call to be at a certain place for a certain purpose" is late 13c., from Old French sumunse, noun use of fem. past participle of somondre. Summoner "petty officer who cites persons to appear in court" is from early 14c.; contracted form sumner is from mid-14c.
- noun legal call
- noun invocation
- noun subpoena
- Hold thyself in readiness to come down upon the first summons.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- She had been summoned to the last meal of the day, but had forgotten the summons.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- At last there was the summons to saddle, and Lauzanne was brought into the stall by Dixon.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- She had obeyed my summons like a dog who remembered a former discipline.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- Seth made no outcry; he knew what the summons meant, and he was content.
- Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field
- Tulp had also been aroused, and saddled my horse while I dressed, in response to the summons.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- Yet they would not obey the summons of the king, to come and receive their punishment.
- Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
- I said, as the approaching steps of Rachel were heard in answer to the summons.
- Extract from : « The Tenant of Wildfell Hall » by Anne Bronte
- Obedient to the summons and the little bell, the waistcoat appeared.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- Four halberdiers who had answered the summons closed in upon me and laid hands on me.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
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