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convene 音標拼音: [kənv'in] vt. 集合,召集,召喚
vi. 聚集,集合 集合,召集,召喚聚集,集合 convene v 1: meet formally; " The council convened last week" 2: call together; " The students were convened in the auditorium" [ synonym: { convoke}, { convene}] 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.] [ 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]
Convene \ Con* vene"\, 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] 39 Moby Thesaurus words for " convene": assemble, bid come, call, call away, call back, call for, call forth, call in, call out, call together, call up, cite, conjure, conjure up, convoke, demand, evoke, hold a meeting, hold a session, indent, invoke, meet, muster, muster up, open, order up, page, preconize, recall, requisition, send after, send for, serve, sit, subpoena, summon, summon forth, summon up, summons
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