CONVOKE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they convoke ... he / she / it convokes

Past simple: convoked

Past participle: convoked

-ing form: convoking

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)