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Webster 1913 Edition


Convene

Con-vene′

,
Verb.
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.
Syn. – To meet; to assemble; to congregate; to collect; to unite.

Con-vene′

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Convene

CONVENE

,
Verb.
I.
[L., to come.]
1.
To come together; to meet; to unite; as things.
The rays of light converge and convene in the eyes.
2.
To come together; to meet in the same place; to assemble; as persons. Parliament will convene in November. The two houses of the legislature convened at twelve oclock. The citizens convened in the state house.

CONVENE

, v.t.
1.
To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke. The President has power to convene the Congress, on special occasions.
2.
To summon judicially to meet or appear.
By the papal canon law, clerks can be convened only before ecclesiastical judge.

Definition 2024


convene

convene

English

Verb

convene (third-person singular simple present convenes, present participle convening, simple past and past participle convened)

  1. (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.
  2. (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.
  3. (transitive) To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke.
  4. (transitive) To summon judicially to meet or appear.

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