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verb

Convene v. t.

To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke. "And now the almighty father of the gods Convenes a council in the blest abodes."

To summon judicially to meet or appear. "By the papal canon law, clerks... can not be convened before any but an ecclesiastical judge."

Convene v. i. (past & past part. convened; pres. part. convenong)

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."

To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble. "The Parliament of Scotland now convened." "Faint, underneath, the household fowls convene."

Synonyms: To meet; to assemble; to congregate; to collect; to unite.

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"Convene" Quotes from Famous Books

... Bartholomew to England with an appeal to Henry VII. Christopher had brought Alexander Geraldinus, the scholar, and also the Archbishop of Toledo, to espouse his mission, and finally, at the latter's instance, Ferdinand, as John of Portugal had done, went so far as to convene, at Salamanca, a council of reputed scholars to pass judgment upon Columbus and his proposition. By these, as by the Portuguese, he was declared a misguided enthusiast. They were too much behind the ...

— History of the United States, Vol. I (of VI) • E. Benjamin Andrews

... also that but for these two men, who put me forward as a candidate for the Speakership, I probably would not have become a candidate. On the Saturday night before the Monday on which the Legislature was to convene, they pressed me so strongly that I consented, and became the nominee of my party associates. J. W. Singleton was the Democratic nominee. Before the Legislature convened, and during the intervening Sunday, a feeling got abroad among the older members of the ...

— Fifty Years of Public Service • Shelby M. Cullom

... called upon the governor to convene the Assembly, and approved all the acts which had caused the Assembly's dismissal; it resolved to preserve order, and quietly dissolved itself. "I doubt," said the British Attorney-General, "whether they have committed ...

— The Siege of Boston • Allen French

... that until we part for life," said Betty, lightly. "You forget that Congress will convene in Extra ...

— Senator North • Gertrude Atherton

... about and hastily convene small boys and dispatch them down the road to look at an honest man. But the young wood did not kindle at his enthusiasm. Had the rarity been a bear with a monkey on him, well ...

— It Is Never Too Late to Mend • Charles Reade

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