Summoned

//ˈsʌmənd// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of summon form-of, participle, past

    "The last occasion on which the Kaiser [Wilhelm II] used this train was for an inglorious journey into Holland towards the end of the 1914 war. He spent the night in it at Eysden [Eijsden], while the Queen of the Netherlands and a hastily summoned Cabinet debated what to do with him."

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More examples

"The committee was summoned at once."

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