(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ someone, you order them to come to you. (FORMAL)
Howe ~ed a doctor and hurried over...
Suddenly we were ~ed to the interview room...
He has been ~ed to appear in court on charges of incitement to law-breaking.
VERB: V n, be V-ed prep/adv, be V-ed to-inf
2.
If you ~ a quality, you make a great effort to have it. For example, if you ~ the courage or strength to do something, you make a great effort to be brave or strong, so that you will be able to do it.
It took her a full month to ~ the courage to tell her mother.
VERB: V n
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Summon up means the same as ~ .
Painfully shy, he finally ~ed up courage to ask her to a game...
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron)