different between convene vs covenant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French convenir, from Latin convenio, convenire (“come together”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?n.v?in/, /k?n?v?in/ (UK)

Verb

convene (third-person singular simple present convenes, present participle convening, simple past and past participle convened)

1. (intransitive) To come together; to meet; to unite.

   • In short-sighted men […] the rays converge and convene in the eyes before they come at the bottom.

2. (intransitive) To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.
   • 1670, Richard Baker, A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Romans Government unto the Death of King James

     The Parliament of Scotland now convened.

   • Faint, underneath, the household fowls convene.

4. (transitive) To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke.
5. (transitive) To summon judicially to meet or appear.

Synonyms

• to meet
• to assemble
• to congregate
• to collect
• to unite
• to summon
• to convoke

Derived terms

• convener, convenor
• reconvene
• unconvene

Related terms

• convention

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• covenaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English covenaunt, borrowed from Old French covenant (“agreement”), from Latin conveni?ns, convenientem (“agreeing, agreeable, suitable, convenient”), present participle of conveni? (“to agree”). Cognate with convenient and convene.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?v.?n.?nt/, /?k?v.n?nt/

Noun

covenant (plural covenants)

1. (law) An agreement to do or not do a particular thing.
2. (law) A promise, incidental to a deed or contract, either express or implied.
3. A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties.
4. An incidental clause in an agreement.

Synonyms

• Thesaurus:pact
• Thesaurus:agreement

Related terms

• Ark of the Covenant
• covenant of salt
• covenant of title
• New Covenant
• Old Covenant
• religious covenant
• biblical covenant
• exclusionary covenants
• Mosaic covenant
• New Covenant theology
• Covenant marriage
• Covenant theology
• Covenantal nomism

Translations

Verb

covenant (third-person singular simple present covenants, present participle covenanting, simple past and past participle covenanted)

1. To enter into, or promise something by, a covenant.
2. (law) To enter a formal agreement.
3. (law) To bind oneself in contract.
4. (law) To make a stipulation.

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• covenant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• covenant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• covenant at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “covenant”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Old French

Etymology

From Latin conveni?ns, conveni?ntem (“agreeing, agreeable, suitable, convenient”), present participle of conveni? (“to agree”).

Verb

covenant

1. present participle of covenir

Noun

covenant m (oblique plural covenanz or covenantz, nominative singular covenanz or covenantz, nominative plural covenant)

1. covenant

Descendants

• English: covenant
• French: convenant