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

Russia's ambassador was summoned by the foreign ministry in protest and shown a bottle of cloudy water from the polluted river.

From BBC

It jangled the morning and summoned us to school.

From Literature

How can they keep a low enough profile so that the authorities won’t be summoned when her brother Junior is getting into scrapes at school?

From Los Angeles Times

All I knew was that I had been summoned after I thought I had already been dismissed.

From Literature

Several critics of the reforms have been summoned by police or briefly detained, while journalists who published independent opinion polls have been fined.

From Barron's