summoned

American  

[suhm-uhnd] / ˈsʌm ənd /

adjective

1. having been called on, called forward, or ordered to come, especially for a specific purpose or to a specific place, such as a court of law.

   The officers are responsible for presenting the summoned person immediately to a judge.

   The summoned experts congratulated one another on the prosperity and soundness of the business—just one month before the crisis erupted.

2. having been called forth by magic, as from a supernatural or demoniac realm.

   This scrap of parchment suggests that the queen spider is a summoned creature who has been trapped in the cave by a magical symbol painted on the wall.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of summon.

Other Word Forms

• unsummoned adjective

Etymology

Origin of summoned

summon ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Earlier this week the Iranian ambassador in London was summoned to the Foreign Office after the killings of protesters in Iran.

From BBC

“After another agent arrived, they claimed to have hit a car in the parking lot and summoned the workers outside,” the Minnesota Star Tribune reported.

From Salon

Spain was one of several European countries that summoned their Iranian ambassador on Tuesday in condemnation of the crackdown.

From Barron's

European nations have also signalled their anger over the crackdown, with France, Germany and the United Kingdom among the countries that summoned their Iranian ambassadors, as did the European Union.

From Barron's

Also on Tuesday, UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper summoned the Iranian ambassador to protest in response at what she called "the horrendous and brutal killing of Iranian protesters".

From BBC