Hypertext Webster Gateway: "convene"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Convene \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Convene \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

convene
v 1: meet formally; "The council convened last week"
2: call together; "The students were convened in the
auditorium" [syn: {convoke}]


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