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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}.]
1. To come together; to meet; to unite. [R.]
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In shortsighted men . . . the rays converge and
convene in the eyes before they come at the bottom.
--Sir I.
Newton.
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2. To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose;
to meet; to assemble. --Locke.
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The Parliament of Scotland now convened. --Sir R.
Baker.
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Faint, underneath, the household fowls convene.
--Thomson.

Syn: To meet; to assemble; to congregate; to collect; to
unite.
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Convene \Con*vene"\, v. t.
1. To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke.
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And now the almighty father of the gods
Convenes a council in the blest abodes. --Pope.
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2. To summon judicially to meet or appear.
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By the papal canon law, clerks . . . can not be
convened before any but an ecclesiastical judge.
--Ayliffe.
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