Word: summonsed
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The ram's-horn summons of the windy foes
Ah! Sophomore, a summons waits
WITH the not far distant close of winter will end the season of our discontent. We are nearly through with those months of the year when there is nothing else to do but grumble. The bell that summons us to our semiannuals rings to-morrow for the last time. Henceforth...
The noun summons is derived from the French semonce, an invitation to a ceremony, - a peculiarly happy derivation in view of its present use. The verb to summon (which in England, by the way, is always pronounced summonce) is derived from the French semoncer, to reprimand, to lecture, to give...
If the derivative has preserved in Cambridge its primitive meaning, I should like to know it, but my main purpose in writing is to find out whether to summon or to summons is sanctioned by the best usage. If the Crimson, or any of its contributors, can throw any light...