summon
suh muhn
- v call in an official matter, such as to attend court
- v ask to come
summon a lawyer - v gather or bring together
- v make ready for action or use
- For beating the establishment, he became a national hero, especially among opposition politicians, who today use cell phones to summon supporters to rallies and alert radio .
- As Secretary of State, she must summon all her skills as a communicator while administering a large bureaucracy in a turbulent era on a global stage.
- The image instantly summoned is of the traveling businessman who wants a smidge of sexual exercise before retiring, but who is too tired, timid or cheap to summon a call girl.