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Convoke

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To cause to assemble in a meeting; convene. See Synonyms at call.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To convene, to cause to assemble for a meeting.

v. To call together.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To call together; to summon to meet; to assemble by summons.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To call together; summon to meet; assemble by summons.

To call or draw in by claim or demand; appropriate as a right or power; claim as appertaining.

= Syn. 1. Invite, Summon, etc. See call.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. call together

Word Usage

"BUENOS AIRES—Moves by Hugo Moyano, the powerful boss of the national truckers union, to convoke, and then suddenly cancel, a national transportation strike, represent an unmistakable warning to the government of President Cristina Kirchner, analysts said."

Antonym

dissolve

Verb Form

convoked convokes convoking

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

summon

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

assemble call convene summon call together convocate resummon reconvene