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Webster 1913 Edition


Convive

Con-vive′

,
Verb.
I.
[L.
convivari
; akin to
convivium
a feast,
convivere
to live or feast together;
con-
+
vivere
to live.]
To feast together; to be convivial.
[Obs.]
“There, in the full, convive we.”
Shak.

Con′vive

,
Noun.
[L.
conviva
: cf. F.
convive
.]
A quest at a banquet.
[R.]
Beaumont.

Webster 1828 Edition


Convive

CONVIVE

,
Verb.
T.
To entertain; to feast. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


convive

convive

English

Verb

convive (third-person singular simple present convives, present participle conviving, simple past and past participle convived)

  1. (obsolete) To feast with others
    • c. 1602 -- William Shakespeare, -- Troilus and Cressida, Act IV, Scene V
      First, all you peers of Greece, go to my tent;
      There, in the full convive we; afterwards,
      As Hector's leisure and your bounties shall
      Concur together, severally entreat him

Noun

convive (plural convives)

  1. (obsolete) a feast or banquet
  2. (obsolete) a participant in a feast or banquet

Related terms


Italian

Verb

convive

  1. third-person singular present indicative of convivere

Anagrams


Latin

Verb

convīve

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of convīvō

Spanish

Verb

convive

  1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of convivir.
  2. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of convivir.