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CONVOKE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Call together

Example:

The students were convened in the auditorium

Synonyms:

convene; convoke

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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)

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