convive

[ kon-vahyv; French kawn-veev ]

noun,plural con·vives

[kon-vahyvz; French kawn-veev]. /ˈkɒn vaɪvz; French kɔ̃ˈviv/.

Origin of convive

1640–50; <French <Latin convīva table-companion, guest, equivalent to con-con- + -vīva, derivative of vīvere to live. See vital

On estoit sur le poinct de faire tabagie ou convive solemnel sur son dernier adieu.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614 | Various
It was impossible, unless the convive sat as a centre-piece in the middle, to put another guest at that table.
A Little Dinner at Timmins's | William Makepeace Thackeray
The clatter of some late convive seating himself also caused him to turn his head.
A Fascinating Traitor | Richard Henry Savage
There was a French secretary of legation for Berne, a most pleasant convive; and the Austrian general was equally amusing.
Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. | Charles James Lever

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