CONVOKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does convoke mean? 

• CONVOKE (verb)
  The verb CONVOKE has 1 sense:

1. call together

  Familiarity information: CONVOKE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONVOKE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they convoke    ... he / she / it convokes   
Past simple: convoked   
Past participle: convoked   
-ing form: convoking   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Call together

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

convene; convoke

Context example:

The students were convened in the auditorium

Hypernyms (to "convoke" is one way to...):

summon (ask to come)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Derivation:

convocation (the act of convoking)

convocation (a group gathered in response to a summons)