CONVOCATE

Etymology

Verb

convocate (third-person singular simple present convocates, present participle convocating, simple past and past participle convocated)

(obsolete, transitive) To convoke; to call together.

Source: Wiktionary


Con"vo*cate, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Convocated; p.pr. & vb.n. Convocating.] Etym: [L. convocatus, p.p. of convocare to convocate; con- + vocare to call. See Vocal, and cf. Convoce.]

Definition: To convoke; to call together. [Obs.] May (Lucan).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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