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A coming together; a meeting. [Obs.] A usual ceremony at their [the witches] convents or meetings. B. Jonson.

The act of coming together; the state of being together; union; coalition. The conventions or associations of several particles of matter into bodies of any certain denomination. Boyle.

To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer together; as, lines converge. The mountains converge into a single ridge. Jefferson.

vations; informal dialogue. The influence exercised by his [Johnson's] conversation was altogether without a parallel. Macaulay.

, about, concerning, etc., before a thing. Companions That do converse and waste the time together. Shak. We had conversed so often on that subject. Dryden.

To feast together; to be convivial. [Obs.] "There, in the full, convive we." Shak.

To convoke; to call together. [Obs.] May (Lucan).

To call together; to summon to meet; to assemble by summons. There remained no resource but the dreadful one of convoking a parliament. palfrey.

Rolled or wound together, one part upon another; -- said of the leaves of plants in æstivation.

The state of being rolled upon itself, or rolled or doubled together; a tortuous or sinuous winding or fold, as of something rolled or folded upon itself. Blackmore.

To roll or wind together; to roll or twist one part on another. Then Satan first knew pain, And writhed him to and fro convolved. Milton.

Operating together; as, coöperant forces.

The act of coöperating, or of operating together to one end; joint operation; concurrent effort or labor. Not holpen by the coöperation of angels. Bacon.

One who has an equal portion with others of an inheritance. All the coparceners together make but one heir, and have but one estate among them. blackstone.

To unite in sexual intercourse; to come together in the act of generation.

The coming together of male and female in the act of generation; sexual union; coition.

A prefix signifying with, together, etc. See Com-.

A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.

of sand." Bp. Hall. "A corn of powder." Beau & Fl. Corn ball, a ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar. -- Corn bread, bread made of Indian meal. -- Corn cake, a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake. -- Corn cockle (Bot.), a weed (Agrostemma or Lychnis Githago), having bright f…

To put in relation with each other; to connect together by the disclosure of a mutual relation; as, to correlate natural phenomens. Darwin.