convene
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French convenir, from Latin convenio, convenire (“come together”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɒn.vɪin/, /kənˈvɪin/ (UK)
Verb
convene (third-person singular simple present convenes, present participle convening, simple past and past participle convened)
- (intransitive) To come together; to meet; to unite.
- Isaac Newton
- In short-sighted men […] the rays converge and convene in the eyes before they come at the bottom.
- Isaac Newton
- (intransitive) To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.
- Sir R. Baker
- The Parliament of Scotland now convened.
- Thomson
- Faint, underneath, the household fowls convene.
- Sir R. Baker
- (transitive) To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke.
- (transitive) To summon judicially to meet or appear.
Derived terms
Translations
to come together, to meet, to unite
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to come together as in one body or for a public purpose
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to cause to assemble, to call together
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to summon judicially to meet or appear
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