| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | con·voke |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k n-v k |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: con·voked, con·vok·ing, con·vokes
To cause to assemble in a meeting; convene. See synonyms at call. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French convoquer, from Old French, from Latin convoc re : com-, com- + vocre, to call; see wekw- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | con·voker —NOUN
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