资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Convene \Con*vene"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Convened}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Convenong}.] [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. [R.]

            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.

   Syn: To meet; to assemble; to congregate; to collect; to
        unite.