Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Convene \Con*vene"\, v. t.
   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.

Convene \Con*vene"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Convened}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Convenong}.] [L. convenire; con- + venire to come:
   cf. F. convenir to agree, to be fitting, OF. also, to
   assemble. See {Come}, and cf. {Covenant}.]
   1. To come together; to meet; to unite. [R.]

            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.

   Syn: To meet; to assemble; to congregate; to collect; to
        unite.

Source : WordNet®

convene
     v 1: meet formally; "The council convened last week"
     2: call together; "The students were convened in the
        auditorium" [syn: {convoke}]