convive
Americannoun
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convives
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Etymology
Origin of convive
1640–50; < French < Latin convīva table-companion, guest, equivalent to con- con- + -vīva, derivative of vīvere to live. See vital
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It was impossible, unless the convive sat as a centre-piece in the middle, to put another guest at that table.
From A Little Dinner at Timmin's by Thackeray, William Makepeace
First, all you peers of Greece, go to my tent; There in the full convive we; afterwards, As Hector's leisure and your bounties shall Concur together, severally entreat him.
From Troilus and Cressida by Shakespeare, William
These thoughts made the field-marshal unusually gay and talkative, and the regent protested that Munnich had never been a more agreeable convive than precisely to-day.
From The Daughter of an Empress by Greene, Nathaniel
The clatter of some late convive seating himself also caused him to turn his head.
From A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story by Savage, Richard
There was a French secretary of legation for Berne, a most pleasant convive; and the Austrian general was equally amusing.
From Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James
The covers were laid, and every preparation was made within the railing for the reception of the convives.
From Recollections of Europe by Cooper, James Fenimore
The artful Einstein was warily assuring himself that he was quite unknown to the convives before making his report to his real master and evil genius.
From The Midnight Passenger : a novel by Savage, Richard
As soon as this startling fact was mentioned, however, both the convives set about repairing the accident, by squeezing lemons, sweetening water, and mixing liquors, secundem artem.
From Home as Found by Cooper, James Fenimore
Among the convives were Cuvier, Villemain, Daru, and several others who are almost as well known to science and letters.
From Recollections of Europe by Cooper, James Fenimore
A luxurious dinner was ordered, and the silent man was busied scanning the convives when Emil Einstein, cautiously entering without haste, furtively regarded all the diners.
From The Midnight Passenger : a novel by Savage, Richard
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