convene

verb
/kənˈviːn/UK/kənˈvin/CA/kənˈviːn/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French convenir, from Latin convenio, convenire (“come together”), from con- (“with, together”) + veniō (“come”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti, from the root *gʷem-.

  1. derived from *gʷm̥yéti
  2. derived from convenio
  3. borrowed from convenir

Definitions

  1. To come together

    To come together; to meet; to unite.

    • In short-sighted men […] the rays converge and convene in the eyes before they come at the bottom.
  2. To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose

    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.
  3. To cause to assemble

    To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke; to summon.

  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. To summon judicially to meet or appear.

    2. To make a convention

      To make a convention; to declare a rule by convention.

      • To forestall any problems, we convened on the rule that all the database records would avoid containing certain literal strings.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA