Convene
[kən'viːn] or [kən'vin]
Definition
(v. i.) To come together; to meet; to unite.
(v. i.) To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.
(v. t.) To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke.
(v. t.) To summon judicially to meet or appear.
Inputed by Evelyn
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Meet, assemble, muster, congregate, come together, hold a session.
v. a. Convoke, summon, assemble, collect, muster, bring together, gather together.
Typist: Ronald
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Assemble, collect, gather, meet, congregate, call_together, summon, muster,levy, convoke
ANT:Disperse, dismiss, disband
Edited by Julia
Definition
v.i. to come together: to assemble.—v.t. to call together.—adj. Convē′nable.—n. Conven′er one who convenes a meeting: the chairman of a committee.
Edited by Jessica
Examples
- In May, 1879, an international congress was convened, under the auspices of Ferdinand de Lesseps, to consider the question of the best location and plan of the canal. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Miss Ophelia despatched a messenger, and soon the whole of the servants were convened in the room. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I will cut the wire and fall back upon the bridge as we convened. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Upon the firing on Sumter President Lincoln issued his first call for troops and soon after a proclamation convening Congress in extra session. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Typist: Ursula