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.
