convoke(v = verb.communication) convene - call together; "The students were convened in the auditorium"
is one way to summon
Derived forms noun convocation₂, noun convocation₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP

   To call together; to summon to meet; to assemble by summons. [1913 Webster]
"There remained no resource but the dreadful one of convoking a parliament."

convoke, v.tr. formal call (people) together to a meeting etc.; summon to assemble.

Etymology:
L convocare convocat- (as COM-, vocare call)

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