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convives

convives is the plural of convive.

convives is the third-person singular simple present indicative of convive.

Meaning of convive

Noun

convive (plural convives)

  1. (obsolete) a participant in a feast or banquet
  2. (obsolete) a feast or banquet
    • First, all you peers of Greece, go to my tent;
      There, in the full convive we; afterwards,
      As Hector's leisure and your bounties shall
      Concur together, severally entreat himc. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

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Questions about convives

What is convives the plural of?
Convives is the plural of convive.

Words near convives in the dictionary

  1. convival
  2. convive
  3. convived
  4. convivence
  5. convivencia
  6. convives
  7. convivia
  8. convivial
  9. convivialist
  10. convivialists
  11. convivialities

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