Definitions for summon

summon sum·mon

Spelling: [suhm-uh n]
IPA: /ˈsʌm ən/

Summon is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 63 anagrams from letters in summon (mmnosu).

Definitions for summon

verb (used with object)

  1. to call upon to do something specified.
  2. to call for the presence of, as by command, message, or signal; call.
  3. to call or notify to appear at a specified place, especially before a court:
  4. to authorize or order a gathering of; call together by authority, as for deliberation or action:
  5. to call into action; rouse; call forth (often. followed by up):

Origin of summon

1175-1225; Medieval Latin summonēre to summon, Latin: to remind unofficially, suggest, equivalent to sum- sum- + monēre to remind, warn; replacing Middle English somon

Examples for summon

Abruptly the man turned in his chair to summon a waiter, and exposed his profile.

Johnson could not summon a single word when he saw that Wilson had drawn his gun.

Rising, he called one of the servants, and bade her summon Margaret.

We summon all our knowledge of the past and we scan all signs of the future.

Now you can summon them instantly on your screen, and track their new life post-you… Is he looking older, more haggard?

Ullom had failed to summon help and had instead sought to remedy the situation by injecting her twice with cocaine.

One minute her words prompt laughs, the next, they summon tears.

"I will summon her," said the Lady Abbess, and sank into the ground.

For the unitiated, Uber is a hugely popular app that allows people to summon a private car with a few taps of their fingers.

If I could summon any one of the three to my aid and comfort I would.

Word Value for summon
Scrable

10

Words with friends

14

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