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单词 convene
释义 con·vene
\kənˈvēn\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English convenen, from Middle French convenir to agree, be suitable, meet, from Latin convenire, from com- + venire to come — more at come
intransitive verb
1. of persons : to come together, meet, or assemble in a group or body (as in a formal meeting for some specific purpose)
 < the executive directors convened once a week >
2. of things : to come, be brought, or occur together at one place or time
 < large stars convening for nativity eve — Genevieve Taggard >
3. of a body of persons : to meet in formal session
 < the Seventy-Fifth Congress convened in January >
 < a special committee of jurists convened in Washington — Vera M. Dean >
transitive verb
1. : to summon to appear before a tribunal or authority
 < Tom was … convened before Mr. Allworthy — Henry Fielding >
2. : to cause (persons) to assemble in a group or body : call or gather together
 < Mlle. Boulanger, who convened her bright young composers … in Paris — H.W.Wind >
: convoke
 < convened the assembly >
 < the court-martial … was never convened — Anthony Powell >
 < a world conference was convened in Paris >
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