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

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  1. v. t. To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.
  2. v. t. To urge; to enjoin.
  3. v. t. To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
  4. v. t. To refer to or specify, as for support, proof, illustration, or confirmation.
  5. v. t. To bespeak; to indicate.
  6. v. t. To notify of a proceeding in court.
  7. n. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
  8. v. make reference to
  9. v. refer to
  10. v. repeat a passage from
  11. v. refer to for illustration or proof
  12. v. advance evidence for