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单词 convene
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convenev.

Brit. /kənˈviːn/, U.S. /kənˈvin/
Forms: Also Middle English conwene, 1500s conven, 1500s–1600s convein(e, 1500s–1700s conveen, 1600s conveane.
Etymology: < French conven-ir (present participle conven-ant), in Old French also covenir, = Provençal covenir, convenir, Spanish convenir, Italian convenire < Latin convenīre to come together, assemble, unite, agree, suit, fit, befit, < con- together + venīre to come.
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.
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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.
d. To come together; to unite. Obsolete.
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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.
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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.
5. intransitive. Of persons: To come to agreement in purpose, opinion, or action; to agree. Obsolete.
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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.
6. To agree or accord in size, quality, or character; to be suitable or fitting. convening to: conformable to, according to. Scottish. Obsolete.
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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.
7. transitive. To bring into agreement; to harmonize, settle. Obsolete.
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.
8. U.S. dialect. To be convenient to; to suit, fit.
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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.
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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).
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