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Convene vs Impanel - What's the difference?

convene | impanel |

As verbs the difference between convene and impanel

is that convene is to come together; to meet; to unite while impanel is to enrol (jurors), e.g. from a jury pool; to register (the names of jurors) on a "panel" or official list.

convene

English

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.

    • Synonyms

    * to meet * to assemble * to congregate * to collect * to unite * to summon * to convoke

    Derived terms

    * convention * convener, convenor

    impanel

    English

    Alternative forms

    * empanel

    Verb

  • To enrol (jurors), e.g. from a jury pool; to register (the names of jurors) on a "panel" or official list.
  • *1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.7:
  • *:Therefore a Jurie was impaneld streight / T'enquire of them, whether by force, or sleight, / Or their owne guilt, they were away conveyd?
  • *, II.16:
    • We are often driven to empanell and select a jury of twelve men out of a whole countrie to determine of an acre of land.
  • * End of XVI cent. , , by Shakespeare:
    • To 'cide this title is impannelled / A quest of thoughts, all tenants to the heart; / And by their verdict is determined / The clear eye's moiety, and the dear heart's part

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