Convene

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  • intransitive verb. To come together usually for an official or public purpose; assemble formally.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to come together formally; convoke: synonym: call.
  • intransitive verb. To summon to appear, as before a tribunal.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To come together; meet; unite: said of things.
  • To come together; meet in the same place; assemble, as persons, usually for some public purpose or the promotion of some common interest: as, the legislature will convene in January; the citizens convened in the city hall.
  • Synonyms To congregate, muster, gather.
  • To cause to assemble; call together; convoke.
  • To summon to appear, as before a public (especially a judicial) officer or an official body.
  • In civil law, to sue.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke.
  • transitive verb. To summon judicially to meet or appear.
  • intransitive verb. To come together; to meet; to unite.
  • intransitive verb. To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. : To come together; to meet; to unite.
  • verb. : To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.
  • verb. : To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke.
  • verb. : To summon judicially to meet or appear.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. meet formally
  • verb. call together
  • Word Usage
    "Next week, First Ministers will again convene in Ottawa to negotiate a strengthening of the Equalization Program and the fundamental principle of equity and fairness."
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