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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.

Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated. Conventional services reserved by tenures upon grants, made out of the crown or knights' service. Sir M. Hale.

That which is received or established by convention or arbitrary agreement; that which is in accordance with the fashion, tradition, or usage. All the artifice and conventionalism of life. Hawthorne. They gaze on all with dead, dim eyes, -- wrapped in conventionalisms, . . . simulating feelings according to a received…

One who adheres to a convention or treaty.

The state of being conventional; adherence to social formalities or usages; that which is established by conventional use; one of the customary usages of social life.

The act of making conventional.

To make conventional; to bring under the influence of, or cause to conform to, conventional rules; to establish by usage.

In a conventional manner.

Acting under contract; settled by express agreement; as, conventionary tenants. [Obs.] R. Carew.

One who belongs to a convention or assembly.

One who enters into a convention, covenant, or contract.

A cross demand; an action brought by the defendant against the plaintiff before the same judge. Burrill. Bouvier.

quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in doing; sufficiency of strength, skill, resources, etc.; -- in the plural, faculty, talent. Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief…

Want; destitution; withdrawal. "In the absence of conventional law." Kent.

and at other times in regular order. The practice obtains in the signing of treaties and conventions between nations.

which it is riveted. -- Angle leaf (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to strengthen an angle. -- Angle meter, an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for ascertaining the dip of strata. -- Angle shaft (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a…

A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps, and vagabonds; flash.

A cessation of arms for a short time, by convention; a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement; a truce.

rrest. [R.] The arrestation of the English resident in France was decreed by the National Convention. H. M. Williams.

A contract or convention between Spain and other powers for furnishing negro slaves for the Spanish dominions in America, esp. the contract made with Great Britain in 1713.