Meaning

1 senses
  1. To serve someone with a summons.

More definitions
  • call in an official matter, such as to attend court

Origin

From Middle English somouns (“order or command to do something”), borrowed from Old French

From Middle English somouns (“order or command to do something”), borrowed from Old French sumunce (modern French semonce), from Vulgar Latin *summonsa, a noun use of the feminine past participle of summoneō, summonēre (“to summon”).

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Forms

summonses, summonsing, summonsed, summonsed
Base formsummons · to summons
3rd person singularsummonses
Present participlesummonsing
Past simplesummonsed
Past participlesummonsed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysummons
he, she, itsummonses

Past simpleLesson

all personssummonsed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave summonsed
he, she, ithas summonsed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill summons

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • call in an official matter, such as to attend court:summoncite

See also

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