单词 | convene |
释义 | convenev. I. To come or bring together. 1. intransitive. To come together; to assemble, or meet, esp. for a common purpose. a. of individuals.Much more used in Scotland and U.S. than in England. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > meeting or assembling for common purpose > meet or assemble for common purpose [verb (intransitive)] to come togetherOE meetc1425 convene1429 convent1544 convocate1685 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of people or animals gathera975 ensemblea1300 drawc1300 semble1389 herd1393 assemblea1400 routa1400 sanka1400 trume?a1400 musterc1425 convene1429 resemblea1450 to draw together1455 forgather1513 accompany1534 troop1565 congregate1570 to get together1575 parliament?1589 accoil1590 join1706 to roll up1817 congressa1850 to round up1879 1429 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1710) X. 430/2 (Scotch Doct.) It is Accorded that Four Persones of either Partie..shall convene and assemble togidder. 1528 S. Gardiner in N. Pocock Rec. Reformation (1870) I. li. 124 At which time we convened in the pope's little chamber. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. i. vi. f. 5/1 The Scottis conuenit in Argyle, quhair the capitanes war deuidit..concerning this battell. 1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) p. xxiii I appointit the nixt Fryday to our elderis to convein..I warnit all to convein on Setterday nixt to the sermon of preparation at the ordinar tyme. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. xxxvi. 48 They convene in a large Hall. 1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality V. xvii. 71 In the afternoon all the towns-folk and neighbours..convened to the great house. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 153 Some merry, friendly, countra folks, Together did convene. 1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft x. 380 They convened within the premises of a tavern. 1871 D. G. Rossetti Love's Nocturn i Master of the murmuring courts Where the shapes of sleep convene! b. of a collective body: To assemble for united action; to meet in a convention. ΚΠ 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. xliv. 379/2 The States also conuening in a grand Councell at Oxford. 1671 R. McWard True Non-conformist 152 That Council did conveen in the year 325. 1818 Hist. Picts in Miscellanea Scotica I. 57 The chief city..where their chief courts of justice conveen. 1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 156 Academies convene to settle the claims of the old schools. 1882 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 9 427 The ‘Birlie Court’ of the landowner is said to have convened under its shadow. c. transferred of things: To concur, occur together. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > simultaneity or contemporaneousness > be simultaneous [verb (intransitive)] convene?1541 concur1596 synchronizec1624 contemporatea1638 contemporize1643 coincidate1657 conterminate1664 tryst1669 coexista1676 coincide1809 date1821 simultane1897 co-occur1957 ?1541 R. Copland Maner to Examyne Lazares in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. Qiij The sygnes of lepry aswel equyuocalles as vnyuocalles, and are the sygnes that conueneth onely in this dysease. a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 145 The graces That aft conveen In gleefu' looks and bonnie faces. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xii. 310 As events convene, he gradually develops into an unfeeling and selfish man of the world. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > be or become joined together [verb (intransitive)] loukOE joinc1330 accede?a1475 withjoina1500 knit1548 close1551 conjoin1578 cojoina1616 copulate1645 convene1666 1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities 5 The wise Author of Things did..by guiding the first motions of the small parts of Matter, bring them to convene after the manner requisite to compose the World. 1693 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. vii. 4 Those dispersed Particles could never of themselves..have conven'd into this present or any other like Frame of Heaven and Earth. 1738 Med. Ess. & Observ. (ed. 2) IV. 141 If the rays convene before the retina. 2. reflexive in preceding sense. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > meeting or assembling for common purpose > meet or assemble for common purpose [verb (reflexive)] convene?1541 ?1541 R. Copland Maner to Examyne Lazares in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. Qiij The equyuocal sygnes conueneth them in dyuers maladyes. 1585 Commend. Verses in Jas. I Ess. Poesie (Arb.) 10 Conveine your selfs (o sisters). 1638 Council Records in Inverness Courier 25 Oct. (1884) 3/4 The counsell..haifing convenit thaimselves. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iv. 265 All the Factious and Schismatical People..would frequently..convene themselves, by the sound of a Bell,..in the Fields. 3. transitive. To cause to come together; to convoke: a. individuals. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > assemble (people or animals) gathera975 samOE flockc1275 assemble1297 ensemblea1300 sanka1300 semblea1325 applyc1384 minga1400 resemble1477 suma1500 congregatea1513 amass1573 troopa1592 convene1596 to scum together1596 conventicle1597 rally1603 entroop1609 rustle1883 society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > summon > together summonc1275 indict1538 accerse1548 convocate?1553 convent1569 convene1596 convoke1598 recall1648 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 226 The hail estates he conueinet til Edr. 1645 H. Slingsby Diary (1836) 156 First he [Chas. I] went to Abergeiny where he conven'd ye country gentlemen. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea III. viii. 49 Mir-Vais now convened the chief men of his tribe. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc iii. 257 With all due speed I will convene The Doctors of Theology. 1861 A. P. Stanley Lect. Eastern Church (1869) vii. 226 Fifty Bishops of the neighbouring dioceses were convened. b. a collective body, an assembly or meeting. ΚΠ 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 104 The Parliament..was Convened by his Majesty's grace and inclination. 1712 A. Pope tr. Statius First Bk. Thebais in Misc. Poems 21 Th'Almighty Father of the Gods Convenes a Council in the blest Abodes. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. l. 123 They convened the assembly of the people. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xxii. 367 The Senate was convened by the tribunes. 1885 Act 48 & 49 Victoria c. 54 §5 The Archdeacon..shall..convene a meeting of the beneficed clergy. 4. To summon (a person) before a tribunal. In the University of Cambridge: To bring a student before the college court of discipline. (Not a statutable phrase.) ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [verb (transitive)] > summon or issue summons against cravec1000 summonc1300 summonda1400 convenec1425 cite1438 accitec1475 process1493 convent1538 convent1548 ascite1563 clepe and call1597 exact1607 sist1641 summons1659 c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vii. vi. 78 The Byschape Robert þat gud man, He conwenyd be-fore hym þan. 1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 1 Sept. (1855) 35 Johne Gordoun..and George Levingstone..being baithe conveinit for committing ane ryot. 1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 105 I do wonder for what cause you do convene me here before you. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. iii. ii. 161 Tom was presently convened before Mr. Allworthy. View more context for this quotation 1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xix. 181 Foker, whom the Proctor knew..was summarily convened and sent down from the university. 1865 Hook in Athenæum No. 1945. 154/3 Knapwell was convened before the Archbishop. II. To agree, harmonize. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > be in agreement [verb (intransitive)] > come to or arrive at an agreement saughtel1154 assentc1300 appointc1374 consent1487 concord1489 convenec1550 to join issue1600 consigna1616 meet1781 gree1786 c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xiv. 91 His purpos vas..to conueen and accord vitht the said kyng of meid contrar the greikis. 1568 Mary Queen of Scots Let. 18 Jan. in H. Campbell Love Lett. Mary Queen of Scots (1824) App. 29 They have convenit and accordit that my sone sould be deliverit in hir handis. 1637 R. Humfrey tr. St. Ambrose Christian Offices Pref. They all convene in this, that a young man..is an unfit hearer. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 270 It behoveth us to convene in one. ΚΠ 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 62 Euerie foul [= fowl] conueining to the gretnes of the schel. 1600 J. Hamilton Facile Traictise 141 The halines of doctrine conueinis not to the conuenticle of the Caluinists. 1627 P. Forbes Eubulus viii. 111 Barking can conveane, but to living, and sensitiue creatures. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > put in (proper) order [verb (transitive)] > specific matters of any kind engross1430 redd?a1513 convene1521 to set a stay1538 solute1560 set1605 to wind up1780 arrange1837 square1853 1521 T. Wolsey in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VI. 86 To Almygthy Gode, wych hath gevyn yow grace so to ordyr and conven your afferys, that ye be..the ruler of thys your Realme. ΚΠ 1816 J. Pickering Vocab. U.S. Convene..is used in some parts of New England in a very strange sense..‘This road will convene the public,’ i.e. will be convenient for the public. The word, however, is used only by the illiterate. 1837–40 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1862) 78 Father..never confined himself to water neither, when he could get anything convened him better. 9. intransitive. To come together in harmony; to harmonize, fit each other. ΚΠ 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xxxi. 305 There are articles which the marriage-monger cannot make to convene at all: tempers..tastes..etc. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.c1425 |
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