Synonyms:
evocation, summoning
Meaning: calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations
Usage examples
Summoning all the strength of his withered arms, he swung it high in the air.
Summoning the cab of most promising appearance, he directed the driver to repair to Montague Place, Russell Square.
But the summoning of the Council rested with Mazarin, and the intervals between its meetings became longer and longer.
Summoning his last remaining strength Major Flint roared for whisky, and was told that, according to regulation, he could not be served until six.
Maxwell gladly explained himself to Wallace's lieutenant; and summoning his little reserve, they marched with flying pennons through the town of Dumbarton.
You may imagine what they thought of poor Keller, when I tell you that they recommended me to write instantly to Fritz in London summoning him to his father's bedside.
And the day comes at last, when, summoning all its waters to the attack, it makes a breach in the great earth wall, and in a strong, grand column, as high as this room, marches away towards the sea.
I had thought it to be the blind man's trumpet, so to speak, summoning his crew to the assault, but I now found that it was a signal from the hillside towards the hamlet, and from its effect upon the buccaneers, a signal to warn them of approaching danger.