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sum•mon



Pronunciation: (sum'un), [key]
—v.t.
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, esp. before a court: to summon a defendant.
4. to authorize or order a gathering of; call together by authority, as for deliberation or action: to summon parliament.
5. to call into action; rouse; call forth (often. fol. by up): to summon all one's courage.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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