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Definition of SUMMON

1

to demand or request the presence or service of <without explanation, the managing editor summoned me to his office>

Synonyms call, hail

Related Words cite, subpoena; assemble, call out, call up, convene, convoke, muster; ask, bid, invite; command, order, request, requisition; beckon, demand, invoke; buzz, knell, page, ring, whistle

Phrases send for

Near Antonyms dismiss, send (away), turn away; banish, boot (out), cast out, drum (out), eject, expel, kick out, oust, out, rout, run off, throw out, turf (out) [chiefly British]

2

to call into being through the use of one's inner resources or powers <managed to summon a bright smile despite the gloomy day>

Synonyms conjure (up), gather, get up

Related Words educe, elicit, evoke, raise

3

to bring together in assembly by or as if by command <summoned a special session of parliament>

Synonyms assemble, call, convene, muster, summon

Related Words rally; call in, call out, call up, knell; amass, collect, gather, group, round up; reassemble, reconvene

Near Antonyms break up, dissolve