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CONVENTED
Verb
convented
simple past tense and past participle of convent
Adjective
convented (comparative more convented, superlative most convented)
(obsolete) Brought together, convened.
Socrates in a fair, seeing so many things bought and sold, such a multitude of people convented to that purpose, exclaimed forthwith, “O ye gods, what a sight of things do not I want!”
Source: Wiktionary
CONVENT
Con"vent, n. Etym: [L. conventus a meeting, LL. also, a convent. See Convene, v. i.]
1. A coming together; a meeting. [Obs.] A usual ceremony at their [the witches] convents or meetings. B. Jonson.
2. An association or community of recluses devoted to a religious life; a body of monks or nuns. One of our convent, and his [the duke's] confessor. Shak.
3. A house occupied by a community of religious recluses; a monastery or nunnery. One seldom finds in Italy a spot of ground more agreeable than ordinary that is not covered with a convent. Addison.
Syn.
– Nunnery; monastery; abbey. See Cloister.
Con*vent", v. i. Etym: [L. conventus, p.p. of convenire. See Convene, v. i.]
1. To meet together; to concur. [obs.] Beau. & Fl.
2. To be convenient; to serve. [Obs.] When that is known and golden time convents. Shak.
Con*vent", v. t.
Definition: To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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