convoke
to call together or summon people to a meeting or assembly
Word origin: From Latin convocare, to call together.
Convoke in a sentence
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The president decided to convoke an emergency session of Congress to address the crisis.
The president invoked emergency powers to convoke the legislature during the recess.
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Reviewers noted that the novelist, once known for blank prose, had pared her sentences down until scarcely a superfluous word remained.
Using “convoke” well
Convoke means to formally call people together and is largely interchangeable with convene, though convoke stresses the act of summoning. It belongs to a slightly more formal register.
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