▪ I. convening, vbl. n.
(kənˈviːnɪŋ)
[f. convene v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. convene; coming together, assembling, etc.
| 1659 Pearson Creed (1839) 376 The same practice of convening we find continued in the following years. 1690 Locke Govt. ii. xiii, Any delay of their convening might endanger the public. 1795 Macneill Will & Jean ii. xx. Aye at first at the conveening, Moralized on what was right. |
▪ II. conˈvening, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That convenes.
| 1884 Pall Mall G. 22 Sept. 6/1 The poor-law doctor would report to the convening authority. |