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- [v] call together; "The students were convened in the auditorium"
- [v] meet formally; "The council convened last week"
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| | Synonyms: | | convoke |
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| | See Also: | | assemble, foregather, forgather, gather, meet, reconvene, sit, summon |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Con*vene"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Convened}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Convenong}.] [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.
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| | Related Terms: | | assemble, bid come, call, call away, call back, call for, call forth, call in, call out, call together, call up, cite, conjure, conjure up, convoke, demand, evoke, hold a meeting, hold a session, indent, invoke, meet, muster, muster up, open, order up, page, preconize, recall, requisition, send after, send for, serve, sit, subpoena, summon, summon forth, summon up, summons |
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