summon sum·mon vt

summon sum·mon vt
['sʌmən]
(meeting) convocare, (aid, doctor, servant etc) chiamare, Law

to summon a witness — citare un testimone


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  • sum´mon|a|ble — sum|mon «SUHM uhn», transitive verb. 1. to call with authority; order to come; send for: »to summon men to defend their country. Summon the children to dinner. A telegram summoned him home. Figurative. It is a knell That summons thee to heaven or …   Useful english dictionary

  • sum|mon — «SUHM uhn», transitive verb. 1. to call with authority; order to come; send for: »to summon men to defend their country. Summon the children to dinner. A telegram summoned him home. Figurative. It is a knell That summons thee to heaven or to hell …   Useful english dictionary

  • Summon — Sum mon, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Summoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Summoning}.] [OE. somonen, OF. sumundre, semondre, F. semondre, from (assumed) LL. summon[e^]re, for L. summon[=e]re to give a hint; sub under + monere to admonish, to warn. See {Monition} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • summon — sum·mon vt: to command by service of a summons to appear in court Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. summon I …   Law dictionary

  • summon — sum•mon [[t]ˈsʌm ən[/t]] v. t. 1) to call for the presence of, as by command, message, or signal 2) to call upon to do something specified 3) to call or notify to appear at a specified place, esp. before a court: to summon a witness[/ex] 4) to… …   From formal English to slang

  • summon — sum|mon [ sʌmən ] verb transitive ** 1. ) FORMAL to officially order someone to come to a place, especially a court of law: summon someone to something: He was urgently summoned to Washington for consultations. summon someone to do something: She …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • summon — sum|mon [ˈsʌmən] v [T] formal [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: somondre, from Latin summonere to remind secretly , from sub secretly + monere to warn ] 1.) to order someone to come to a place ▪ Robert summoned the waiter for the bill.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • summon — sum·mon …   English syllables

  • Summoned — Summon Sum mon, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Summoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Summoning}.] [OE. somonen, OF. sumundre, semondre, F. semondre, from (assumed) LL. summon[e^]re, for L. summon[=e]re to give a hint; sub under + monere to admonish, to warn. See… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Summoning — Summon Sum mon, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Summoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Summoning}.] [OE. somonen, OF. sumundre, semondre, F. semondre, from (assumed) LL. summon[e^]re, for L. summon[=e]re to give a hint; sub under + monere to admonish, to warn. See… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Summoner — Sum mon*er, n. [OE. somner, sompnour, OF. semoneor, F. semonneur. See {Summon}, v. t.] One who summons; one who cites by authority; specifically, a petty officer formerly employed to summon persons to appear in court; an apparitor. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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