Summon



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 召见;召集
• ［英］ v. 召见 ( order officially to come) ; 召集 ( tell or request people to come to)
• ［类］ command : request / summon : invite ( 命令是强烈要求 / 召唤是强烈邀请) 反义词: dimsiss ( 解散)

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (summoned; summoning)

• Etymology: Middle English somnen, somonen, from Anglo-French somondre, from Vulgar Latin *summonere, alteration of Latin summonēre to remind secretly, from sub- secretly + monēre to warn — more at sub-, mind
• Date: 13th century
• 1. to issue a call to convene ; convoke
• 2. to command by service of a summons to appear in court
• 3. to call upon for specified action
• 4. to bid to come ; send for <summon a physician>
• 5. to call forth ; evoke — often used with up
• ? summonable adjective
• ? summoner noun
• Synonyms:
  • summon, call, cite, convoke, convene, muster mean to demand the presence of. summon implies the exercise of authority <was summoned to answer charges>. call may be used less formally for summon<called the legislature into special session>. cite implies a summoning to court usually to answer a charge<cited for drunken driving>. convoke implies a summons to assemble for deliberative or legislative purposes<convoked a Vatican council>. convene is somewhat less formal than convoke<convened the students>. muster suggests a calling up of a number of things that form a group in order that they may be exhibited, displayed, or utilized as a whole<mustered the troops>.

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