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summon
What does summon mean?
summon (verb): to ask someone to come; to send for.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce summon?
/ˈsʌmən/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does summon come from?
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”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to summon
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “summon” mean?
refer for judgment or consideration
Not quite: that's what submit means.
make a logical or causal connection
Not quite: that's what relate means.
to collect normally separate things
Not quite: that's what gather means.
to ask someone to come; to send for
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