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

When David unexpectedly finds himself summoned to meet the monarch, he naturally assumes he’s in big trouble.

From The Wall Street Journal

After the success of “Everything in Its Path,” Erikson found himself continually summoned to other disaster sites by attorneys or advocates for those devastated communities who sensed similar existential scars forming.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s meant to be summoned, not always listening.

From The Wall Street Journal

He said he had been "summoned and advised", and would no longer do "anything like this".

From BBC

The congregation laughed when Hartzler was summoned to the pulpit to make an announcement about the young men’s breakfast and Bible study.

From The Wall Street Journal