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convene

/kənˈviːn/ verb

In Latin: conveniō Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about convene at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Meet formally.
    The council convened last week
  2. Call together.
    The students were convened in the auditorium

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French convenir, from Latin convenio, convenire (“come together”), from con- (“with, together”) + veniō (“come”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti, from the root *gʷem-.

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