Verb

(cit)

To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Gary Younge)

, volume=188, issue=26, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution , passage=WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.}}

To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.

To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.

Verb

(conven)

To come together; to meet; to unite.

* Isaac Newton

In short-sighted men the rays converge and convene in the eyes before they come at the bottom.

To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.

* Sir R. Baker

The Parliament of Scotland now convened .

* Thomson

Faint, underneath, the household fowls convene .

To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke.

To summon judicially to meet or appear.