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convene

con·vene

UK/kənˈviːn/ US/kənˈvin/ uncommon

verb

1.

meet formally

  • “The council convened last week”
2.

call together

  • “The students were convened in the auditorium”
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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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