convene
verb (used without object)
to come together or assemble, usually for some public purpose.
convenable
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a word derived from
convene.
Example Sentences
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The arranging un mariage convenable is in fact as necessary and as ordinary a duty in parents towards a daughter, as the sending her to nurse or the sending her to school.
From Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) by Frances Milton Trollope
Anything more convenable could not possibly be seen.
From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield
A young fellow like you—no!—that is not convenable.
From The History of David Grieve by Mrs. Humphry Ward
"Why—why—when they become not convenable for Madame, I—I take them."
From Drusilla with a Million by Elizabeth Cooper
It would not be a wicked act, but it would not look well; it would not be convenable.
From Manners and Social Usages by Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
