unsummon

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ summon

Verb[edit]

unsummon (third-person singular simple present unsummons, present participle unsummoning, simple past and past participle unsummoned)

  1. (transitive, fantasy) To send (a summoned creature) back to its own plane of existence.
    • 2014 October 27, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive - EGS:NP (webcomic), Comic for Monday, Oct 27, 2014:
      "I just noticed... is little Nase gone?" "She vanished a little while ago." "You mean the spell ran out." "Yes. You'd have noticed if I'd unsummoned her prematurely."
    • 2016, K. C. May, Requiem of Reprisal:
      “Right,” Jora said. “The Concord. With those two objects, the three of us could unsummon Urielle, and no one had to die. []