Definition of "convene"

convene

/ˈkɒn.viːn/

verb
third-person singular simple present convenes, present participle convening, simple past and past participle convened
1. (intransitive) To come together; to meet; to unite.
  Quotations
  In short-sighted men […] the rays converge and convene in the eyes before they come at the bottom.
  1704, I[saac] N[ewton], “(please specify |book=1 to 3)”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. […], London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin] Walford, printers to the Royal Society, […]
2. (intransitive) To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.
  Quotations
  The Parliament of Scotland now convened.
  1670, Richard Baker, A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Romans Government unto the Death of King James
  Faint, underneath, the household fowls convene.
  1727, James Thomson, “Summer”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768
3. (transitive) To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke.
4. (transitive) To summon judicially to meet or appear.
5. (transitive, with "on" or "upon") To make a convention; to declare a rule by convention.

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