summon
To call people together; to convene; to convoke.
Noun video games
- 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. -...
- 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. - quoted in...
Origin
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)).
Forms
Noun Malaysia, colloquial
- A 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.
- A notice of an infringement of the law, usually incurring such a penalty; a citation or ticket.
Origin
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.
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Verb Entry 3
- 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. - 2007, John Zerzan, Silence:
- 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...
- 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. - 2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped...
- 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. - 1866, Pierre Bigandet, The Life or Legend of Gaudama, the...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.” - 2010, Kay Hooper, The Wizard of Seattle, Fanfare, →ISBN:
- To summons; convene.
Forms
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Derived
resummon submonish summonable summonee summoningly summons summon up unsummon
Verb Malaysia, colloquial
- To impose such a fine or penalty, or to issue a notice thereof.
- The police summoned the driver for speeding.
- They kena summoned for littering.