convoke

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: con=voke

CIDE DICTIONARY

convoke, v. t. [L. convocare: cf. F. convoquer. See Convocate.].

 To call together; to summon to meet; to assemble by summons.  [1913 Webster]
"There remained no resource but the dreadful one of convoking a parliament."

Syn. -- To summon; assemble; convene. See Call.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

convoke, v.tr. formal call (people) together to a meeting etc.; summon to assemble.

Etymology

L convocare convocat- (as COM-, vocare call)

ROGET THESAURUS

convoke

Assemblage

VB assemble, collect, muster, meet, unite, join, rejoin, cluster, flock, swarm, surge, stream, herd, crowd, throng, associate, congregate, conglomerate, concentrate, precipitate, center round, rendezvous, resort, come together, flock get together, pig together, forgather, huddle, reassemble, assemble, muster, bring together, get together, put together, draw together, scrape together, lump together, collect, collocate, colligate, get, whip in, gather, hold a meeting, convene, convoke, convocate, rake up, dredge, heap, mass, pile, pack, put up, truss, cram, acervate, agglomerate, aggregate, compile, group, aggroup, concentrate, unite, collect into a focus, bring into a focus, amass, accumulate, collect in a dragnet, heap Ossa upon Pelion.