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.]
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.
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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.
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