CONVOKE

convoke, convene

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

convoke (third-person singular simple present convokes, present participle convoking, simple past and past participle convoked)

(transitive) To convene, to cause to assemble for a meeting.

To call together.

Source: Wiktionary


Con*voke", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Convoked; p.pr. & vb.n. Convoking.] Etym: [L. convocare: cf. F. convoquer. See Convocate.]

Definition: To call together; to summon to meet; to assemble by summons. There remained no resource but the dreadful one of convoking a parliament. palfrey.

Syn.

– To summon; assemble; convene. See Call.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ROOTS

(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”


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