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Convened vs Convexed - What's the difference?

convened | convexed |

As a verb convened

is (convene).

As an adjective convexed is

made convex; protuberant in a spherical form.

convened

English

Verb

(head)
  • (convene)

    • 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

    convexed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Made convex; protuberant in a spherical form.
    • (Sir Thomas Browne)
    (Webster 1913)