CONVIVE

Etymology

Verb

convive (third-person singular simple present convives, present participle conviving, simple past and past participle convived)

(obsolete) To feast with others

Noun

convive (plural convives)

(obsolete) a feast or banquet

(obsolete) a participant in a feast or banquet

Source: Wiktionary


Con*vive", v. i. Etym: [L. convivari; akin to convivium a feast, convivere to live or feast together; con- + vivere to live.]

Definition: To feast together; to be convivial. [Obs.] "There, in the full, convive we." Shak.

Con"vive, n. Etym: [L. conviva: cf. F. convive.]

Definition: A quest at a banquet. [R.] Beaumont.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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