Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

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. — 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

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. — 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