Thesaurus: convene

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1. v. i. To come together; to meet; to unite.
2. v. i. To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.
3. v. t. To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke.
4. v. t. To summon judicially to meet or appear.
5. v. meet formally
6. v. call together
7. 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. Faint, underneath, the household fowls convene. Thomson. Syn. -- To meet; to assemble; to congregate; to collect; to unite. 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.