different between convene vs reconvene

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

Etymology

re- +? convene.

Verb

reconvene (third-person singular simple present reconvenes, present participle reconvening, simple past and past participle reconvened)

1. (transitive) To resume something that has been convened and then paused.
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 252b.

     dividing into a finite number of parts and then reconvening them,

2. (intransitive) To come together again.

   We will reconvene after lunch to discuss the outstanding points on the agenda.

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