summon

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Any load above the weigh permitted by law, will be receiving a summon issued by the authority.

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  1. transitive verb To call together; convene.
  2. transitive verb To request to appear; send for. See Synonyms at call.
  3. transitive verb Law To order to appear in court by the issuance of a summons.
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  • Lionel's face was the only one she could summon, and she found herself contemplating the puzzles he presented with a single-minded concentration And there were plenty of puzzles, not least how and why an Englishman was traveling in Philip's retinue. —  KISSED BY SHADOWS
  • He seemed to remember the horror which it would summon--the mysterious "blue meteor." —  013 - Meteor Menace
  • All he could summon was a mild observation that Elizabeth and Edward might indeed suit. —  Stephanie Laurens - The Ideal Bride
  • She had forgotten the lurking menace her cries might summon, and so apparently had Thalis. —  Conan -- The Stories from Weird Tales (1932-1936)
  • Instead, you first play a special round of the game to "summon" a Ghost, your customized computer-controlled AI. —  Mac|Life all RSS Feed
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

knock ·  invitation ·  peal ·  reply ·  greet ·  injunction ·  admonition ·  announcement ·  shout ·  call ·  declaration ·  whisper

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summon:   summons ·  summoning ·  summoned
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English somonen, from Old French somondre, from Vulgar Latin *summonere, from Latin summonēre, to remind privately, hint to : sub-, secretly; see sub- + monēre, to warn; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also sommon; from Middle English somonen, somonyen, somenen, sompnen, from Old French somoner, sumoner, semoner, also semonre, semondre, somoundre, French semondre = Provencal semondre, somondre, somonre, summon, from Latin summonere, submonere, remind privily, from sub, under, privily, + monere, remind, warn: see monish, admonish. The Middle English forms were partly confused with Middle English somnen, somnien, from Anglo-Saxon samnian, gather together: see sam. Hence ult. summons, sumner, etc.
  2. from summon, v. Cf. summons.
 

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