noun
definition
Call, command, order
verb
Examples of summon in a Sentence
Kris attempted to summon a portal.
Jackson closed his eyes tightly in an attempt to summon courage.
When you want to deal, summon me.
He tried to summon his assistance.
She could summon Darkyn, though she feared his reaction to her leaving more than what these people would do to her.
You only need to say my name to summon me.
If you wish to return to yours, you know how to summon me.
He determined immediately to summon another parliament.
Similarly the Greenland angekok is said to summon his torngak (which may be an ancestral ghost or an animal) by drumming; he is heard by the bystanders to carry on a conversation and obtain advice as to how to treat diseases, the prospects of good weather and other matters of importance.
She closed her eyes to summon the portal when the door bucked.
Immediate orders were despatched to summon every available body of troops to concentrate for the decisive stroke.
But I did not summon you to discuss my actions, but to give you advice--or an order if you prefer it.
The Emperor has deigned to summon us and the merchants.
Summon me when you know what you may need.
The supreme chief's authority is limited by the advice of a council of elders, whom he is obliged to summon in certain emergencies.
She trailed it, wanting nothing more than two minutes of relative peace so she could summon a portal.
A footman came in to summon Boris--the princess was going.
I'm about to summon Darkyn.
Call my husband and Howie Abbott and summon them.
Summon Skeleton was my most useful spell.
I have sent messengers to summon all of Dorothy's old friends to meet her and give her welcome, and they ought to arrive very soon, now.
But it would have been a most heinous crime to summon a completely unarmed people to fight against an enemy armed to the teeth.
Summon your courage, employ a little creativity, and you just may receive that "yes" you've been looking for.
The Bard can summon one creature initially, but will eventually be able to cast up to four at a time.
Summon helpful creatures with your magic lute, battle numerous enemies, travel through exotic lands and complete many quests.
Use magic tunes to summon creatures of various strengths and skills.
Some of the more powerful forms of magic, Summon spells, call ancient spirits into play to do massive damage.
Guardian Forces (GFs) are spirits you can equip and summon during battle.
Using the L2 button summon one of your characters to launch a team attack.
She can summon powerful creatures and this is nothing to scoff at, despite her size and stature.
In the television series, Maryann's after more than tribute or offerings to her, she is trying to summon her God.
She is seeking tributes to summon him, sacrificing hearts and even eating them.
Some ancient practices of scarification and tattooing were also thought to summon gods who controlled hunting in the area.
At a loss as to what to do next, he was about to summon Darkyn when the room shook.
Jackson shook violently, desperate to summon self-control, while every part of him yearned to cry out with the utter horror coursing through his mind.
The combined complaints of the injured parties led Sparta to summon a Peloponnesian congress which decided on war against Athens, failing a concession to Megara and Corinth (autumn 432).
The king justified his failure to summon the estates on the ground of the expense incurred by provincial deputies.
Nevertheless, upon the officers threatening to summon the parliament without his aid, and hearing the next morning that several members had assembled, he led the procession to the parliament house.
He entrusted the government to the Jesuits; refused either to summon the Cortes or to marry, although the Portuguese crown would otherwise pass to a foreigner, and devoted himself wholly to hunting, martial exercises and the severest forms of asceticism.
The bishop, or count, on whose lands the peace was violated was vested with judicial power, and was directed, in case he was himself unable to execute sentence, to summon to his assistance the laymen and even the clerics of the diocese, all of whom were required to take a solemn oath to observe and enforce the peace.
The king was indeed the president of the permanent council, but he could not summon the diet without its consent, and in all cases of preferment was bound to select one out of three of the council's nominees.
It was not frequently employed as a legislative body after the two assemblies of the tribes, which were easier to summon and organize, had been recognized as possessing sovereign rights.
Now that the queen was all-powerful, it was expected she would at once dismiss Mazarin and summon her own friends to power.
In 336 the emperor was forced to summon him to Constantinople.
It was chiefly under his influence that it was agreed by this ecclesiastical body at subsequent meetings to summon to the bar their "Burgher" brethren, and finally to depose and excommunicate them for contumacy.
The July revolution in Paris gave the signal for disturbances; the elector was forced to summon the estates; and on the 5th of January 1831 a constitution on the ordinary Liberal basis was signed.
Their laws were merely traditional customs. War was declared by the council, messengers bearing arrows dipped in blood being sent to all parts of the country to summon the men to arms. From the time of the first Spanish invasion (1535) the Araucanians made a vigorous resistance, and after worsting the best soldiers and the best generals of Spain for two centuries obtained an acknowledgment of their independence.
The States-General wished to summon a national synod, the States of Holland refused their assent, and made levies of local militia(waard-gelders) for the maintenance of order.
Almost his first official act was to summon a synod (the first Lateran) for dealing with the Monothelite heresy.
On the i 1 th of March a meeting of " young Czechs " at Prague drew up a petition embodying nationalist and liberal demands; and on the same day the diet of Lower Austria petitioned the crown to summon a meeting of the delegates of the diets to set the Austrian finances in order.