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Convene

To come together; to meet; to unite.

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Assemble 76% connected

To collect into one place or body; to bring or call together; to convene; to congregate.

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Foregather 76% connected

Same as Forgather.

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Forgather 76% connected

To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally.

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Gather 76% connected

To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Meet 76% connected

To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Summon 76% connected

To call, bid, or cite; to notify to come to appear; -- often with up.

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Manner of action 2

Reconvene 76% connected

To convene or assemble again; to call or come together again.

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Sit 76% connected

obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Sit, for sitteth.

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Convention 74% connected

The act of coming together; the state of being together; union; coalition.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Convention 74% connected

The act of coming together; the state of being together; union; coalition.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Convocation 74% connected

The act of calling or assembling by summons.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Convocation 74% connected

The act of calling or assembling by summons.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Convoke 92% connected

To call together; to summon to meet; to assemble by summons.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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