'Convene' definitions:
Definition of 'convene'
(from WordNet)
verb
Meet formally; "The council convened last week"
verb
Call together; "The students were convened in the auditorium" [syn: convoke, convene]
Definition of 'Convene'
From: GCIDE
- Convene \Con*vene"\, v. t.
- 1. To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke. [1913 Webster]
- And now the almighty father of the gods Convenes a council in the blest abodes. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To summon judicially to meet or appear. [1913 Webster]
- By the papal canon law, clerks . . . can not be convened before any but an ecclesiastical judge. --Ayliffe. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Convene'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- In shortsighted men . . . the rays converge and convene in the eyes before they come at the bottom. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- The Parliament of Scotland now convened. --Sir R. Baker. [1913 Webster]
- Faint, underneath, the household fowls convene. --Thomson.
- Syn: To meet; to assemble; to congregate; to collect; to unite. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'convene'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- assemble,
- bid come,
- call,
- call away,
- call back,
- call for,
- call forth,
- call in,
- call out,
- call together,
- call up,
- cite,
- conjure,
- conjure up,
- convoke,
- demand,
- evoke,
- hold a meeting,
- hold a session,
- indent,
- invoke,
- meet,
- muster,
- muster up,
- open,
- order up,
- page,
- preconize,
- recall,
- requisition,
- send after,
- send for,
- serve,
- sit,
- subpoena,
- summon,
- summon forth,
- summon up,
- summons