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convocate

convocate verb: to call together (people); to convoke.

Verb

convocate (third-person singular simple present convocates, present participle convocating, simple past and past participle convocated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To call together (people); to convoke.
    • To the Apoſtolical authority (ſaid Pope Adrian I.) by our Lord's command, and by the merits of Saint Peter, and by the decrees of the Holy Canons and of the Venerable Fathers, a right and ſpecial povver of convocating Synods hath many vviſe been committed; […]a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “[The VI. [Supposition] that in Fact the Roman Bishops Continually from Saint Peter’s Time have Enjoyed and Exercised this Sovereign Power]”, in J[ohn]...
    • A General Synod was when all the Bishops of every Diocess of the whole Empire were Convocated by the Emperour1694, George Dawson, Origo Legum

Forms of convocate

third-person singular presentconvocates
present participleconvocating
past participleconvocated
pastconvocated

Origin of convocate

Borrowed from Latin convocatus, past participle of convocare (“to convocate”). Doublet of convoke.

Questions about convocate

What does convocate mean?
Convocate means to call together (people); to convoke.
What part of speech is convocate?
Convocate is a verb.
What is the past tense of convocate?
The past tense of convocate is convocated.

Words near convocate in the dictionary

  1. conviving
  2. convivium
  3. convnet
  4. convnets
  5. convo
  6. convocate
  7. convocated
  8. convocates
  9. convocating
  10. convocation
  11. convocational

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