Convene

·vt To summon judicially to meet or appear.

II. Convene ·vt To cause to assemble; to call together; to Convoke.

III. Convene ·vi To come together; to Meet; to Unite.

IV. Convene ·vi To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to Meet; to Assemble.

to convene
This is used in some parts of New England in a very strange sense; that is, to be convenient, fit, o...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.