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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In shortsighted men . . . the rays converge and convene in the eyes before they come at the bottom. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Parliament of Scotland now convened. Sir R. Baker. [ 1913 Webster ]

Faint, underneath, the household fowls convene. Thomson.

Syn. -- To meet; to assemble; to congregate; to collect; to unite. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke. [ 1913 Webster ]

And now the almighty father of the gods
Convenes a council in the blest abodes. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To summon judicially to meet or appear. [ 1913 Webster ]

By the papal canon law, clerks . . . can not be convened before any but an ecclesiastical judge. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]