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Summon

To call, bid, or cite; to notify to come to appear; -- often with up.

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Manner of action 13

Arouse 76% connected

To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dor…

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Beckon 76% connected

To make a significant sign to; hence, to summon, as by a motion of the hand.

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Buzz 76% connected

To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings. Hence: To utter a murmuring sound; to speak with a low…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Conjure 76% connected

To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; to implore earnestly; to adjure.

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Convene 76% connected

To come together; to meet; to unite.

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Convoke 76% connected

To call together; to summon to meet; to assemble by summons.

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Demand 76% connected

To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily;…

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Evoke 76% connected

To call out; to summon forth.

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Invoke 76% connected

To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; a…

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Page 76% connected

A serving boy; formerly, a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education; now commonly, in Engl…

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Raise 76% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stir 76% connected

To change the place of in any manner; to move.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Vouch 76% connected

To call; to summon.

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Broader term 6

Call 76% connected

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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Collect 76% connected

To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.

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Create 76% connected

Created; composed; begotten.

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Garner 76% connected

A granary; a building or place where grain is stored for preservation.

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Gather 76% connected

To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate.

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Citation 74% connected

An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Citation 74% connected

An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.

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Synonym 6

Cite 92% connected

To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Marshal 92% connected

Originally, an officer who had the care of horses; a groom.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mobilize 92% connected

To put in a state of readiness for active service in war, as an army corps.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Muster 92% connected

Something shown for imitation; a pattern.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rally 92% connected

To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Summons 92% connected

The act of summoning; a call by authority, or by the command of a superior, to appear at a place named, or to attend to some duty.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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