convene

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French convenir, from Latin convenio, convenire (“come together”), from con- (“with, together”) +‎ veniō (“come”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti, from the root *gʷem-. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˈviːn/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /kənˈvin/ (Australia) IPA(key): /kənˈviːn/, (cultivated) [kənˈvɪin] (New Zealand) IPA(key): /kənˈviːn/ === Verb === convene (third-person singular simple present convenes, present participle convening, simple past and past participle convened) (intransitive) To come together; to meet; to unite. (intransitive) To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble. (transitive) To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke; to summon. (transitive) To summon judicially to meet or appear. (transitive, with "on" or "upon") To make a convention; to declare a rule by convention. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ====