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sum·mon

 (sŭm′ən)
tr.v. sum·moned, sum·mon·ing, sum·mons
1.
a. To call together; convene: summon a meeting of officials. See Synonyms at call.
b. To request to appear; send for: summon a doctor to help an injured man.
2. To order to take a specified action; bid: summon the captain to surrender.
3.
a. To bring to mind or remember. Often used with up: We tried to summon up an image of our childhood friend.
b. To cause one to think of (something); evoke. Often used with up: "Badly cured hippie fur ... maté, and paraffin heating oil are the scents that summon up my remembrance of the late sixties" (Judith Thurman).
4. To bring into existence or readiness. Often used with up: "He summoned up a smile, though it seemed to take all his strength" (Colin Turnbull).

[Middle English somonden, 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- in Indo-European roots.]

sum′mon·er n.
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summoner

(ˈsʌmənə)
n
someone who summons (a person to a place)
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There was a pardoner, a man who sold pardons to those who had done wrong, and a sumpnour or summoner, who was so ugly and vile that children were afraid of him.
The sheriff, who is the summoner of ordinary juries, and the clerks of courts, who have the nomination of special juries, are themselves standing officers, and, acting individually, may be supposed more accessible to the touch of corruption than the judges, who are a collective body.
He followed his summoner with increasing doubt, which was not dispelled by a solemn comicality in the scene of the study.
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A side-by-side comparison of Riot's 'Summoner's Rift' and its 'Mobile Legends' counterpart highlighted its seemingly intended likeness.
The romance borders on saccharine, however, when compared with Alexa's narrative of the threats to her life that "if I didn't escape, he was going to have The Summoner bleed me to death to try to ensure his victory." Her heroism captures readers after Damian narrates a sentimental prologue and, incidentally, provides an equally syrupy epilogue for Alexa and his story: creating a charming arc of which Larson can be proud.
An old soldier arrives at a traders' day in the town, with a valuable object for sale--a Summoner's Book--and plenty to tell Fletcher about Hominum and its 2000 year war with the orcs.
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The Sergeant and the Summoner were watching over them.
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I will explore the ways in which Chaucer synthesises the elements of fabliau and anti-fraternal satire in The Summoneds Tale to examine how he uses the broad, physical comedy of fabliau as a vehicle for ridiculing not just one particular friar, but the ecclesiastical function and duties of friars in general: what the Summoner refers to as the friar's 'office'.