CONVENE

convoke, convene

(verb) call together; “The students were convened in the auditorium”

convene

(verb) meet formally; “The council convened last week”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

convene (third-person singular simple present convenes, present participle convening, simple past and past participle convened)

(intransitive) To come together; to meet; to unite.

(intransitive) To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.

(transitive) To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke.

(transitive) To summon judicially to meet or appear.

Synonyms

• to meet

• to assemble

• to congregate

• to collect

• to unite

• to summon

• to convoke

Source: Wiktionary

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Con*vene", v. i. [imp. & p.p. Convened; p.pr. & vb.n. Convenong.] Etym: [L. convenire; con- + venire to come: cf. F. convenir to agree, to be fitting, OF. also, to assemble. See Come, and cf. Covenant.]

1. To come together; to meet; to unite. [R.] In shortsighted men . . . the rays converge and convene in the eyes before they come at the bottom. Sir I. Newton.

2. To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble. Locke. The Parliament of Scotland now convened. Sir R. Baker. Faint, underneath, the household fowls convene. Thomson.

Syn.

– To meet; to assemble; to congregate; to collect; to unite.

Con*vene", v. t.

1. To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke. And now the almighty father of the gods Convenes a council in the blest abodes. Pope.

2. To summon judicially to meet or appear. By the papal canon law, clerks . . . can not be convened before any but an ecclesiastical judge. Ayliffe.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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