To call, bid, or cite; to notify to come to appear; -- often with up. Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood. Shak. Trumpets summon him to war. Dryden.
To give notice to, or command to appear, as in court; to cite by authority; as, to summon witnesses.
To call upon to surrender, as a fort.
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