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conventicle 
tion of the electrified body itself, as when the.electricity convenience (kon-ve'niens), . [= F. eonve- 2. With ease ; without trouble or difficulty. 
of a conductor is discharged by a point, it being can-led 
off by a stream of electrified air-particlei 
nance = Pr. eonvenienda, convinensa = Sp. Pg. 
conveniencia = It. convenient, convenienzia, < 
He sought how he might conveniently betray him. 
Markxiv. 11. 
The term convection is applied to those processes by L convenientia, < convenien(t-)s, ppr., suitable, C0 nventt (kon-venf), . [< L. conventus, p 
K;^I, *l,o .litr,icw, nf h*.at i rptiiWed morf ratml bv the _j_j1 1. A . . ^v**^**wi v .. /'..__ 
which the diffusion of heat is rendered more rapid by the 
motion of the hot substance from one place to another, 
conduction. Clerk Maxuvll, Heat, p. 10. 
When a hot body is placed in air, it sets up a number of 
convection currents. A. Uaniell, Prill, of Physics, p. 364. 
convective (kon-vek'tiv), a. [< L. convectus, 
pp. of conveliere, convey (see convection), + -toe.] 
convenient: see convenient.] If. A coming to- 
gether; assemblage; conjunction; joinder. 
Of byrth she was hyghest of degre, 
To whom alle angelles did obedience, 
Of Dauides lyne which sprong out of lesse, 
In whom alle verteu is by iust convenience. 
Political Poems, etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 47. 
2. The state or character of being convenient; 
The significant point is, that convective neutralization is 
a gradual process, requiring time. Science, IV. 413. 
nations is neither wisdom nor sobriety. 
Milton, Eikonoklastes, xvli. 
All 
convectively (kon-vek'tiv-li), adv. Inaconvec- 3_ Freedom from discomfort or trouble; ease 
tive manner ; by means of convection : as, heat 
transferred convectively. 
convellentt (kon-vel'ent), a. [< 1i.convellen(t-)s, 
ppr. of conveliere, pulfup, tear up, wrench away : 
see convulse.] Tending to pull up or extract : 
as, a convellent force. Todd and Bowman. 
convenable 1 ! (kon've-na-bl), a. [< F. conve- 
nable, OF. convenable' (earlier covenable, > ME. 
covenablc : see covenable) (= Pr. convenable = 
Sp. convenible (obs.) = Pg. convinhavel = It. con- {'CVh^whenh^ began? Dn,den, Pref. to F, 
venevole), agreeable, suitable, < convenir, agree, 
suit, formerly also convene, < L. eonvenire, con- 
vene, come together: see convene and conve- 
nient, and cf. covenable, the older form of con- 
venable.] Suitable; fit; consistent; conform- 
able. 
in use or action ; comfort. 
That gives society its Iwauty, strength, 
Convenience, and security, and use. 
Cowper, The Task, ii. 
4. That which gives ease or comfort; that 
which is suited to wants or necessity; that 
which is handy ; an accommodation. 
A man alters his mind as the work proceeds, and will 
have this or that convenience more, of which he had not 
This place that was voyde at the table of Toseph be-to- 
keneth the place that Matheu f ulfllde ; and, sir, thus be 
these two tables concenable. Merlin (K. E. T. S.), i. 59. 
And with his word his worke is ctmrenable. 
Spenser, Shep. Cal., September. 
Another ancient romance says of its hero, " He every 
day was provyd in dauncyng and in songs that the ladies 
coulde think were coneenable for a nobleman to conne." 
Strut!, Sports and Pastimes, p. 10. 
Trade has a strong influence upon all people, who have 
found the sweet of it, bringing with it so many of the Con- 
venienc.es of Life as it does. Dumpier, Voyages, II. i. 116. 
Excellent! What a convenience ! They [the negroes] 
seemed created by Providence to bear the heat and the 
whipping, and make these fine articles [sugar, coffee, to- 
bacco]. 
5. A convenient appliance, utensil, or other 
article, as a tool, a vehicle, etc. 
What sport would our old Oxford acquaintance make at 
a man packed up in this leathern eowmimM with a wife 
and children ! Graves, Spiritual Quixote, xii. 11. 
6f. Agreement; consistency At (one's) conve- 
nience, when it is convenient : as, do not hurry, but do it 
" ' your convenience. 
_ v. [\ Li. conventus, pp. 
of eonvenire, come together: see convene.] I. 
intrans. 1. To meet; concur. 
All our surgeons 
Convent in their behoof. 
Beau,, ami /'(., Two Noble Kinsmen. 
2. To serve; agree; be convenient or suitable. 
When that is known and golden time convents, 
A solemn combination shall be made 
Of our dear souls. Shale., T. N., v. 1. 
II. trans. 1. To call together; convoke; con- 
vene. 
By secret messengers I did convent 
Tile English chiefetaines all. 
Mir. for Mays., p. 620. 
There were required the whole number of seuentie and 
one, in determining the going to \Yarre, in adding to a 
Citie, or the reuenues of the Temple, or in conuenting the 
ordinarie ludges of the Tribes. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 112. 
2. To call before a judge or tribunal. 
What he with his oath, 
And all probation, will make up full clear, 
Whensoever he's contented. Shak., M. for M., v. 1. 
Even this, morning, 
Before the common-council, young Malfato, 
Convented for some lands he held, suppos'd 
Belong'd to certain orphans. Ford, Lady's Trial, ii. 2. 
And letters missive were dispatched incontinently, to 
eminent Mr. Cotton before the infamous High Commission 
Court. C. Mather, Mag. Chris., iii. 1. 
convenable 2 (kpn-ve'na-bl), a. [< convene + conveniency (kon-ve'nien-si), . Same as con- 
-tible.] Capable of being convened or assem- 
bled. 
convenablyt (kon've-na-bli), adv. Suitably; 
conveniently. Lydijate. 
convene (kon-ven'), v. ; pret. and pp. convened, 
ppr. convening. [= F. convenir = Sp. convenir 
= Pg. convir = It. eonvenire, < L. eonvenire, come 
together, join, fit, suit, < com-, together, + ve- 
nire = E. come. Cf. convenient, and advene, 
supervene.] I. intrans. 1. To come together; 
meet; unite: said of things. [Bare.] 
The rays [of light] converge and convene in the eyes. 
Xewton, Opticks. 
2. To come together ; meet in the same place ; 
renience. [Formerly common, but now nearly 
obsolete.] 
That imitation wherof poetry is, hath the most comie- 
niencu to Nature of all other. 
Sir P. Sidney, Apol. for Poetrie. 
Rather intent upon the end of God's glory than our own 
conveniency. Jer. Taylor. 
You think you were marry'd for your own Recreation, 
Congreve, Way of the World, ii. 7. 
convenient (kon-ve'nient), a. [< ME. conve- 
nient = F. oonvenanttsSp. Pg. It. conveniente, < 
L. convenien(t-)s, fit, suitable, convenient, ppr. 
of eonvenire, come together, suit : see convene, 
and cf. covenant, ult. a doublet of convenient.] 
Emerson, .Misc., p^i54. conven t (kon'vent), . [< OF. convent, covent 
(> ME. covent, q. v.), F. convent = Pr. covent, 
coven = Sp. Pg. It. convento, < L. conventtis, 
a meeting, assembly, union, company, ML. a 
convent, < eonvenire, pp. convening, meet toge- 
ther: see convene.] If. A meeting or an as- 
sembly. 
These eleven witches beginning to dance (which is an 
usual ceremony at their concents or meetings). 
B. Jonstm, Masque of Queens. 
2. An association or a community of persons 
devoted to religious life and meditation ; a so- 
ciety of monks or nuns. The term is popu- 
larly limited to such associations of women. 
One of our convent, and his [the duke's] confessor. 
Shak., M. for M., iv. 3. 
3. A house occupied by such a community; an 
abbey; a monastery or nunnery. The parts of a 
convent are : (1) the church ; (2) the choir, or that por- 
tion of the church in which the members say the daily 
office ; (3) the chapter-house, a place of meeting, in which 
the community business is discussed ; (4) the cells ; (5) 
the refectory ; (6) the dormitory ; (7) the infirmary ; (8) the 
parlor, for the reception of visitors ; (9) the library ; (10) 
the treasury ; (11) the cloister ; (12) the crypt. Cath. Diet. 
assemble, as persons, usually for some public 1. Fit; suitable; proper; becoming: used ab- conventical (kon-ven'ti-kal), a. [< convent + 
purpose or the promotion of some common in- solutely or with to or for. ~ 
terest : as, the legislature will convene in Jan- 
uary ; the citizens convened in the city hall. 
On Wednesday, that fatal day, 
The people were convening. 
Willie's Drowned in Gamery (Child's Ballads, II. 183). 
= Syn. 2. To congregate, muster, gather. 
II. trans. 1. To cause to assemble; call to- 
gether; convoke. 
On festivals, at those churches where the Feast of the 
Patron Saint is solemnized, the masters convene their 
scholars. Quoted in Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. liv. 
And now the almighty father of the gods 
Convenes a council in the blest alnxies. 
Pope, tr. of Statius's Thebaid, i. 
Frequent meetings of the whole company might be con- 
vened for the transaction of ordinary business. 
Bancroft, Hist. U. S., I. 111. 
2. To summon to appear, as before a public 
(especially a judicial) officer or an official body. 
By the papal canon law, clerks . . . cannot be convened 
before any but an ecclesiastical judge. Ayli/e, Parergon. 
Foker, whom the proctor knew very well, . . . was 
taken, . . . summarily convened and sent down from the 
university. Thackeray, Pendennis, xviii. 
3. In civil law, to sue. Bapalje and Lawrence. 
convenee (kon-ve-ne'), n. [< convene + -ee 1 .] 
One convened or summoned with others. 
[Bare.] 
convener (kon-ve'ner), n. 1. One who convenes 
or meets with others. [Bare.] 
I do reverence the conveners [at the Synod of Dort] for 
their . . . worth and learning. 
Bp. Mountagu, Appeal to C'sesar, p. 70. 
Thou were as a God of the Sarazines : and it is eonvenytn! "Oai prior, an am 
to a God to ete no Mete that is mortal le. Conventicle (Kon- 
Manileville, Travels, p. 230. 
At that sopcr were thei served so well as was convenient 
to so myghty a prince as was the kynge Arthur. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 14. 
Feed me with food convenient for me. Prov. xxx. 8. 
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which 
are not convenient. Eph. v. 4. 
2. Affording certain facilities or accommo- 
dation; commodious; serviceable; rendering 
some act or movement easy of performance or 
freeing it from obstruction : as, a very conve- 
nirnt staircase; a convenient harbor. 
Because the Cells were cut above each other, some higher 
some lower in the side of the Rock ; here were convenient 
Stairs cut for the easier communication betwixt the upper 
and nether Regions. 
Mauntlrell, Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 118. 
Exchange may be often convenient ; and, on the other 
hand, the cash purchase may be often more convenient. 
D. Webster, Speech on Tariff, April, 1824. 
When we speak of faculties of the soul, it is but a con- 
venient mode of expression to denote different classes of 
its acts. Mivart, Nature and Thought, p. 213. 
3. Opportune; favorable: as, a convenienthour. 
When a convenient day was come, . . . Herod on his 
birthday made a supper. Mark vi. 21. 
When I have a convenient season, I will call for thee. 
Acts xxiv. 25. 
4. At hand ; easily accessible ; readily obtained 
or found when wanted ; handy. [Colloq.] 
Obstinate heretics used to be brought thither canivnifiit 
for burning hard by. Thackeray, Vanity Fair, iii. 
2. One who convenes or calls a meeting; in conveniently (kon-ve'nient-li), ndr. 1. Fitly; 
s,.ntl n ,,H n,, ^nn,,,tofi t n i~*>.a. suitably; with adaptation to the desired end 
Scotland, one appointed to call together an 
organized body, as a committee, of which he 
is generally chairman : as, the convener of the 
Home Mission Committee. 
Ye dainty Deacons and ye douce Conveners. 
Bums, Briys of Ayr. 
or effect: as, the house was not conveniently 
situated for a tradesman. 
Courtship, and such fair ostents of love 
As shall conveniently become you there. 
Shak., M. of V., ii. 8. 
-ical.] Of or belonging to a convent Conven- 
tical prior, an abbot. 
onventicle (kon-ven'ti-kl), . [< ME. conven- 
ticul = F. cimrenticulc = Sp. conventiculo = Pg. 
conventiculo = It. concern ticolo, < L. conventiculum, 
a meeting, place of meeting, ML. esp. a meeting 
of heretics, dim. of convcntm, a meetuig: see 
convent, n.] 1. An assembly or gathering ; es- 
pecially, a secret or unauthorized gathering foi 
the purpose of religious worship. 
I shal not gadere togidere the conuenticvlis [Latin con- 
rentiada] of hem of Modes. Wyclif, Ps. xv. 4. 
The people were assembled togither in those hallowed 
places dedicate to their gods, because they had yet no 
large halles or places of conventicle. 
Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 24. 
It behoveth that the place where God shall be served by 
the whole Church be a public place, for the avoiding of 
privy conventicles. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, v. 12. 
They are commanded to abstain from all cimventiclesot 
men whatsoever. Ai/li/e, Parergon. 
Specifically 2. In Great Britain, a meeting 
of dissenters from the established church for 
religious worship. In this sense it is used by English 
writers and in English statutes. It was especially applied, 
as a term of opprobrium, to the secret meetings for reli- 
gious worship held by the Scottish Covenanters, when they 
were persecuted for their faith in the reign of Charles II. 
An act recently passed, at the instance of James, made 
it death to preach in any Presbyterian conventicle what- 
ever, and even to attend such a conventicle in the open 
air. Mncmilay, Hist. Eng., vi. 
3. A building in which religious meetings or 
conventicles are held. 
In hall, 
Court, theatre, coni't'Htii-li 1 . or shop. 
Wonlxworth, Prelude, vii. 
Permission io erect, at their own expense, a church or 
other religious ctmrcntirle. 
R. Atulfrxtiii. Hawaii*! Islands, p. 173. 
4t. Connection ; following ; party. 
The same Theophilus, and other bishops which were of 
las ,-oni;-iitii-l,: Hooker, Eccles. Polity, vii. (i. 
