summon
verb
[ ˈsʌmən ]
• order (someone) to be present.
• "a waiter was summoned"
Similar:
send for,
call for,
ask for,
request the presence of,
demand the presence of,
ask,
invite,
bid,
• make an effort to produce (a particular quality or reaction) from within oneself.
• "she managed to summon up a smile"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French somondre, from Latin summonere ‘give a hint’, later ‘call, summon’, from sub- ‘secretly’ + monere ‘warn’.
