[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

convene \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.
   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
see also:
convened convenong come covenant 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

convene \convene"\, 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

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

convene
     v 1: meet formally; "the council convened last week"
     2: call together; "the students were convened in the
        auditorium" syn: convoke
see also:
convoke 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

[5] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

convene, civil law. this is a technical term, signifying to bring an action. 

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