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summon

verb [T] (PRODUCE STRENGTH)
 
 
/ˈsʌm.ən/

Definition

C2 to increase your courage or strength, especially with an effort: It took me six months to summon (up) the courage to ask him out for a drink.Trying and making an effortEffort and expending energy
(Definition of summon verb (PRODUCE STRENGTH) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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