Crossword clues for convene
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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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.
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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.
Convene \Con*vene"\, v. t.
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To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke.
And now the almighty father of the gods Convenes a council in the blest abodes.
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To summon judicially to meet or appear.
By the papal canon law, clerks . . . can not be convened before any but an ecclesiastical judge.
--Ayliffe.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To come together; to meet; to unite. 2 (context intransitive English) To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble. 3 (senseid en to cause to assemble, to call together)(context transitive English) To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke. 4 (context transitive English) To summon judicially to meet or appear.
WordNet
v. meet formally; "The council convened last week"
call together; "The students were convened in the auditorium" [syn: convoke]
Usage examples of "convene".
Shortly after Britain formally applied for membership in the European Common Market, a meeting of the Commonwealth Economic Con-, sultative Council was convened at Accra, in Ghana, to explore the difficulties to Commonwealth trade that might arise.
ON SATURDAY, November 22, Congress convened for the first time in joint session in the unfinished Capitol, and John Adams delivered what he knew to be his last speech as President.
But he was no theologian to understand the vast gulf between the Arian and Athanasian creeds, so he convened a Church council at Nicaea to determine which was the true belief.
Governor Hamilton convened his council and they agreed to ask the Newfoundland Assembly to grant a charter giving the new company exclusive rights to lay telegraph lines on the island and cables touching Newfoundland for fifty years.
Because of the time it would inevitably take to organise, a congress that some had called for was never convened, but in compensation there were colloquia, seminars, round-table discussions, some open to the public, others held behind closed doors.
Aiken convened a conference on automatic computing at Harvard, cosponsored by his longtime patron, the US.
Among the laws of Solon is a regulation decreeing that the Senate shall convene in the Eleusinian temple, the day after the festival, to inquire whether every thing had been done with reverence and propriety.
The Council convened in an open glade near the Fenian camp, where, surrounded by their troops, the leaders pleaded with Gen.
A zealous votary of the idols, a mortal foe of the line of Hashem, he convened an assembly of the Koreishites and their allies, to decide the fate of the apostle.
They convened in a room where fans swung from the ceiling, where potted vulus grew, and where bright Madi rugs hung on the walls in place of windows, Pannoval-style.
Crown Prince left no legitimately recognized heir, a Colloquium is summoned by invitation to address the absence of a line of succession to the Throne of the Dark Earth, issued to the Lord and Lady Cymrian, sovereigns of the Alliance to which Sorbold is a sealed ally, as well as rulers of bordering nations, namely His Majesty, King Achmed of Ylorc, Her Majesty, Rhapsody, Queen of Tyrian, Lord Tristan Steward, Regent of Roland, and Viedekam, Administrator of the Nonaligned States as well as representatives of the Church, the Nobility, the Mercantile and the Army, to convene directly after the burial during the Period of Mourning, eleven days hence.
Regent of Roland, and Viedekam, Administrator of the Nonaligned States as well as representatives of the Church, the Nobility, the Mercantile and the Army, to convene directly after the burial during the Period of Mourning, eleven days hence.
Pursuant with the general orders issued from headquarters, the court-martial, consisting of thirteen officers, convened at Tacubaya, for the trial of Traverse Rocke, private in the--Regiment of Infantry, accused of sleeping on his post.
General Gage, however, issued writs for convening an assembly in October.
You take over as Archmage, Hearth-Master, until a proper vote can be convened and Misaen help you!