convenev. i.[L. convenire; con- + venire to come: cf. F. convenir to agree, to be fitting, OF. also, to assemble. See Come, and cf. Covenant.]1. To come together; to meet; to unite.()In shortsighted men . . . the rays converge and convene in the eyes before they come at the bottom. (Sir I. Newton.)2. To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.(Locke.)The Parliament of Scotland now convened. (Sir R. Baker.)Faint, underneath, the household fowls convene. (Thomson.)()v. t.1. To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke.()And now the almighty father of the gods
Convenes a council in the blest abodes. (Pope.)2. To summon judicially to meet or appear.()By the papal canon law, clerks . . . can not be convened before any but an ecclesiastical judge. (Ayliffe.)