convoke
verb (used with object)
to call together; summon to meet or assemble.
have convoked
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present perfectof convoke.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonizations, but also to communicate to you a decision of great importance for the life of the Church.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2013
They flatter themselves here, that he will not press matters, because they have given him to understand that they have convoked the Admiralty to deliberate more fully on the convoys.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX by Jared Sparks
In Ireland, at Beltane, the Pagan Kings are said to have convoked the people for State purposes.
From Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century by James Napier
The counting-house, half villa, half factory, must have convoked its humanity in some out-of-the-way refectory, for the halls and passages were tenantless.
From The Twins of Table Mountain by Bret Harte
Nobles and Representatives:—By virtue of the power which the Constitution declares to be vested in me, I have convoked you to this Extraordinary Session of the Legislature.
From Speeches of His Majesty Kamehameha IV. To the Hawaiian Legislature by King of the Hawaiian Islands Kamehameha IV
