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• past participle of summon.
• past tense form of summon.

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

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Etymology

Origin of summoned

summon ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

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Example Sentences

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summoned

The Rams summoned McManus and veteran Matt Prater to Woodland Hills for a tryout, and chose McManus after the workout.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

Last week Raice summoned the foreign staff to a virtual meeting and delivered a 15-minute tirade that Status obtained on audio and later released in full.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

Seoul also previously summoned Kyiv's ambassador and threatened unspecified "further measures".

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev summoned the Russian ambassador over the incident, the second such assault on commercial shipping in the area in a week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Happily Van Helsing has not summoned me, so I need not forego my sleep; to-night I could not well do without it.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

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