CONVENE

convene. Convene, v.t. to call together, assemble, collect

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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. 1. To come together; to meet; to unite.
In shortsighted men . . . the rays converge and convene in the eyes before they come at the bottom. Sir I. Newton. 2. 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.