convene
verbUK /kənˈviːn/ · CA, US /kənˈvin/
Etymology Borrowed from Middle French convenir, from Latin convenio, convenire (“come together”), from con- (“with, together”) + veniō (“come”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti, from the root *gʷem-.
1
To come together; to meet; to unite.
- 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, […], →OCLC:
2
To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.
- 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.a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Summer”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:
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- The solicitor, a Mr. Gilmer, was not well known to us. He was from Abbottsville; we saw him only when court convened, and that rarely, for court was of no special interest to Jem and me.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:
3
To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke; to summon.
4
To summon judicially to meet or appear.
5
With "on" or "upon" To make a convention; to declare a rule by convention.
- To forestall any problems, we convened on the rule that all the database records would avoid containing certain literal strings.
- Derived terms
- convener, convenor, reconvene, unconvene, unconvened
- Related terms
- convenience, convenient, convention, conventional, supervene