Convene
Convene , intransitive verb
[Latin convenire; con- + venire to come: compare French convenir to agree, to be fitting, Old French also, to assemble. See Come, and compare Covenant.]
1.
To come together; to meet; to unite. [Rare]
In shortsighted men... the rays converge and convene in the eyes before they come at the bottom.
2.
To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble. — Locke
The Parliament of Scotland now convened.
Faint, underneath, the household fowls convene.
Convene , transitive verb
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.
2.
To summon judicially to meet or appear.
By the papal canon law, clerks... can not be convened before any but an ecclesiastical judge.