summon
/ˈsʌmən/ verb [T]Definition
› MEETINGS to officially tell someone to be in a particular place, or be present for a particular purpose: be summoned to sth Intelligence officials were summoned to Capitol Hill today to talk about global security threats.
› LAW summons verb
(Definition of summon verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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