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summons
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?.m?nz/
Etymology 1
From Middle English somouns (“order or command to do something”), borrowed from Old French sumunce (modern French semonce), from Vulgar Latin *summonsa, a noun use of the feminine past participle of summone?, summon?re (“to summon”).
Noun
summons (plural summonses)
- A call to do something, especially to come.
- 1818, Henry Hallam, View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages
- special summonses by the king
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the Most Learned, Reverend and Pious Dr. H. Hammond
- this summons […] unfit either to dispute or disobey
- 1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward VI
- He sent to summon the seditious, and to offer pardon […] ; but neither summons nor pardon was any thing regarded.
- 1818, Henry Hallam, View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages
- (law) A notice summoning someone to appear in court, as a defendant, juror or witness.
- (military) A demand for surrender.
Descendants
- ? Bengali: ??? (?ômôn)
- ? Cebuano: sumon
- ? Malay: saman
- ? English: saman
Translations
Verb
summons (third-person singular simple present summonses, present participle summonsing, simple past and past participle summonsed)
- (transitive) To serve someone with a summons. [17th C.]
See also
- summons on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Summons in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
summons
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of summon
Anagrams
- musmons
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entreaty
English
Alternative forms
- intreaty (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n?t?i?ti/, /?n?t?i?ti/, /?n?t?i?ti/
- (US) IPA(key): /?n?t?i?ti/, /?n?t?i?ti/, /?n?t?i?ti/
- Rhymes: -i?ti
Noun
entreaty (countable and uncountable, plural entreaties)
- The act of entreating or beseeching; a strong petition; pressing solicitation; begging.
- 1779, William Ward, An Essay on Grammar as it may be applied to the English Language, New Edition, page 202,
- In all commands or entreaties, the ?tate commanded, or entreated, mu?t be contingent; i. e. capable of being, or not being, as the command or entreaty expre??es it.
- 1964 October, P. F. Strawson, Intention and Convention in Speech Acts, The Philosophical Review, Volume 73, Number 4, page 444,
- We can readily imagine circumstances in which an utterance of the words "Don't go" would be correctly described not as a request or an order, but as an entreaty.
- 2002, N. P. Unni, Makers of Indian Literature: Amaruka, Sahitya Akademi, page 32,
- The entreaties of a lover and the rejection of the heroine lend charm to the stanza.
- 1779, William Ward, An Essay on Grammar as it may be applied to the English Language, New Edition, page 202,
- (archaic) A treatment; reception; entertainment.
Related terms
- entreat
Translations
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