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summons

/ˈsʌ.mənz/ verb C2
  1. To serve someone with a summons. (transitive)

He/she/it summonses · Past summonsed · Past participle summonsed · -ing form summonsing

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Verb forms

Base form
summons
He/she/it
summonses
Past
summonsed
Past participle
summonsed
-ing form
summonsing

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He whistled and sounded his horn in vain; the straggler paid no attention to the summons.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 14 · B2
“Death” immediately appeared in answer to his summons and asked for what reason he had called him.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 29 · B2
At my summons, instead of the man of violence whom we expected, a very old and wrinkled woman hobbled into the apartment.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 50 · B2
A summons, a bogus appointment, and all would be over.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 2 · B2

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