convene : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: convene	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for convene
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
convene v meet formally; "The council convened last week" call together; "The students were convened in the auditorium" Synonym(s): convoke, convene
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Convene \Con*vene"\, v. t. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Convene \Convene"\, 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.] 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.