'Convene' definitions:

Definition of 'convene'

verb

Meet formally; "The council convened last week"

verb

Call together; "The students were convened in the auditorium" [syn: convoke, 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]

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]