Keywords: summons, conscription, draft (conscript), call up, summon, conscript, recall (return)
Sign Definition
As a Noun
1. An order to come towards you, to approach you, or to come inside. English = summons.
2. An order to come and see someone, particularly an official order to appear in court. English = summons.
3. Officially making people in a particular country join the army, navy, or air force. English = conscription, draft, call up.
4. An official order for people or things to return to a place, often used with reference to faulty products which have to be returned to the manufacturer. English = recall.
As a Verb or Adjective
1. To order someone to come towards you, to approach you, or to come inside; to send for someone. English = summon.
2. To be officially ordered to appear in court. English = (be) summonsed.
3. To officially make people in a particular country join the army, navy, or air force. English = conscript, draft, call up.
4. To select someone from out of a crowd or group to do some task which no one is willing to volunteer to do.
5. To order people or things to return to a place, often used with reference to faulty products which have to be returned to the manufacturer. English = recall.
