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.]

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.

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.