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▪ I. ˈconvocate, ppl. a. and n. [ad. L. convocāt-us, pa. pple. of convocāre: see below.] A. pa. pple. and adj. Convocated. arch. or poet.
1532–3Act 24 Hen. VIII, c. 12. §9 The spirituall prelates..assembled and conuocate by the kynges wrytte. 1537Starkey Let. to Pole in Strype Eccl. Mem. I. App. lxxxi. 193 At such time as a councel general of al Christian nations was first convocate and assembled. 1603Drayton Bar. Wars (1748) 61 For the Cinque-Ports the Barons convocate. 1830W. Phillips Mt. Sinai i. 439 The innumerous throng Of Hebrews, convocate around their chief. †B. n. A person called to an assembly. Obs.
1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1596) 401/1 In the presence of us, and our fellowe brethren and other conuocates. ▪ II. convocate, v.|kɒnvəʊkeɪt| Also 7– at. [f. L. convocāt- ppl. stem of convocāre: see convoke.] 1. trans. To call or summon together; to assemble or bring together by summons. arch.
c1540Life of Fisher Wks. II. Introd. 47 He would convocate the clergie of this Realme at his pleasure. 1650S. Clarke Eccl. Hist. i. (1654) 136 In the meantime the Emperour convocated a Synod. 1679Sir P. Ricaut Grk. Ch. 392 (T.) Smyrna or Angora, where trade hath convocated great numbers of the Armenian nation. 1769Robertson Chas. V, III. ix. 172 Until a council..could be convocated. 1818Scott Leg. Montrose vii, Where is the royal commission, under which the lieges are to be convocated in arms? †2. To call or summon (a person). Obs. rare.
1542Boorde Dyetary Pref. (1870) 226 Conuocated thorowe the kynges goodnes to wayte on his prepotent mageste. †3. intr. To meet in convocation; to congregate. Obs. rare.
1685Scotch Proclam. in Lond. Gaz. No. 2032/3 We hereby Require and Command all our Liedges on the Sea-coasts..forthwith to Convocat, and rise in their best Arms. |