\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.

\Con*vene"\, 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.