Dictionary Entry
summons
summons is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as verb, transitive verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of summoning; a call by authority, or by the command of a superior, to appear at a place named, or to attend to some duty. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 15 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1verb
The act of summoning; a call by authority, or by the command of a superior, to appear at a place named, or to attend to some duty.
- 2verb
A warning or citation to appear in court; a written notification signed by the proper officer, to be served on a person, warning him to appear in court at a day specified, to answer to the plaintiff, testify as a witness, or the like.
- 3verb
A demand to surrender.
- 4transitive verb
To summon.
- 5noun
a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant
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- 6noun
an order to appear in person at a given place and time
- 7noun
a request to be present
"they came at his bidding"
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- 8verb
call in an official matter, such as to attend court
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