Summon vs Accuse - What's the difference?
summon | accuse |
To call people together; to convene.
* 2007 . Zerzan, John. Silence .
To ask someone to come; to send for.
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(legal) To order someone to appear in court, especially by issuing a summons.
To find fault with, to blame, to censure.
* (rfdate) (Epistle to the Romans) 2:15,
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To charge with having committed a crime or offence.
* (rfdate) (Acts of the Apostles) 24:13,
To make an accusation against someone.
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As verbs the difference between summon and accuse
is that summon is to call people together; to convene while accuse is .As a noun summon
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English
(wikipedia summon)Verb
(en-verb) (transitive)- Silence is primary, summoning presence to itself; so it's a connection to the realm of origin.
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- City will feel nonplussed when they review the tape and Pellegrini had to summon all his restraint in the post-match interviews.
Derived terms
* summons * summon upaccuse
English
(Webster 1913)Verb
(accus)- Their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another.
- We are accused of having persuaded Austria and Sardinia to lay down their arms.
- Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.
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