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