summon
A creature magically summoned to do the summoner's biddingA creature magically summoned to do the summoner's bidding.
» You'll remain here until you're summoned.
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4 sensesA creature magically summoned to do the summoner's bidding.
Call, command, order
(Malaysia, colloquial, slang)A fine; a fee or monetary penalty incurred for breaking the law; usually for a minor offence such as a traffic violation.
You better pay off the parking summon tomorrow before you kena interest on it.
(Malaysia, colloquial, slang)A notice of an infringement of the law, usually incurring such a penalty; a citation or ticket.
Examples
79 sentencesYou'll remain here until you're summoned.
Tom was summoned as a witness.
Tom has been summoned to Boston.
He was summoned to appear in court.
ruОн был вызван в суд. — Biga
deEr wurde vor Gericht zitiert. — Hans_Adler
Tom has been summoned as a witness.
Origin
From Anglo-Norman somoundre, from Old French sumundre, from Latin summonēre, itself from sFrom Anglo-Norman somoundre, from Old French sumundre, from Latin summonēre, itself from sub + monēre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti, causative from *men- (“to think”).
Borrowed from Malay saman (“fine, financial penalty”), which is itself borrowed from English summons (“notice summoning someone to appear in court”). This sense re-emerged in English as summon likely due to the erroneous belief that the original singular English word summons is plural. Doublet of summons and saman.
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