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conventing

conventing is the present participle and gerund of convent.

Meaning of convent

Verb

convent (third-person singular simple present convents, present participle conventing, simple past and past participle convented)

  1. (obsolete) To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene.
    • Tomorrow morning to the Council board
      He be convented.1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio)...
  2. (obsolete) To meet together; to concur.
    • We convent nought else but woes1613–1614, William Shakespeare, John Fletcher, “The Two Noble Kinsmen”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, (please...
  3. (obsolete) To be convenient; to serve.
    • When that is known and golden time convents.c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

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Questions about conventing

What is conventing the present participle and gerund of?
Conventing is the present participle and gerund of convent.

Words near conventing in the dictionary

  1. conventiclers
  2. conventicles
  3. conventicling
  4. conventicular
  5. conventiculum
  6. conventing
  7. convention
  8. convention bump
  9. convention bumps
  10. convention center
  11. convention centers

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