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   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.]
   To come together; to meet; to unite. [R.]
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   In shortsighted men . . . the rays converge and convene in the eyes before they come at the bottom.
   Sir I. Newton.
   
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   To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.
   Locke.
   
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   The Parliament of Scotland now convened.
   Sir R. Baker.
   
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   Faint, underneath, the household fowls convene.
   Thomson.
   Syn. -- To meet; to assemble; to congregate; to collect; to unite.
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   Convene, v. t.
   To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke.
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   And now the almighty father of the gods
   Convenes a council in the blest abodes.
   Pope.
   
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   To summon judicially to meet or appear.
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   By the papal canon law, clerks . . . can not be convened before any but an ecclesiastical judge.
   Ayliffe.
   
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