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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
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