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

Pretoria summoned the new US ambassador Wednesday to explain "undiplomatic remarks" about South African racial policies and court decisions, the foreign minister said.

From Barron's

As part of its investigation into Epstein's network, a congressional committee has subpoenaed - summoned - the pair to testify.

From BBC

Specialists from Charmouth and Weymouth fire stations were then summoned to help lower the dog owner down to the wide plateau.

From BBC

Revelation, God’s relation to the human, is an even more intimate shock: not a doctrine delivered, but an address, an encounter in which the “I” discovers itself summoned as a “you.”

From The Wall Street Journal

John knows he’s going to be called on the carpet, to the extent that a public hearing will be held and witnesses summoned.

From The Wall Street Journal