Definitions of summon

1. To call by authority; command to appear in court; to send for; call; bid; invite; rouse to exertion; as, to summon all one's strength.

2. To call with authority; invoke; rouse to exertion.

3. To command to appear; call; send for; arouse; bid.

4. call in an official matter, such as to attend court

5. gather or bring together; " muster the courage to do something"; " she rallied her intellect"; " Summon all your courage"

6. make ready for action or use; " marshal resources"

7. To call, bid, or cite; to notify to come to appear; -- often with up.

8. To give notice to, or command to appear, as in court; to cite by authority; as, to summon witnesses.

9. To call upon to surrender, as a fort.

10. To call or cite by authority to appear at a place specified, or to attend in person to some public duty; to give notice to a person to appear in court; to call; to call up; to excite into action or exertion.

11. To call by authority to appear at a place specified; to give notice to appear in court; to cite.

12. An order to appear in court; a paper or document containing such a notice; an official call.

13. Summoner.