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The Latin noun vox ("voice") and verb vocare ("to call") have given rise to many English words, including convoke. Other English descendants of those roots are usually spelled with voc and have to do with speaking or calling. Thus, a vocation is a special calling to a type of work; an evocative sight or smell calls forth memories and feelings; and a vocal ensemble is a singing group. Provoke, irrevocable, equivocate, and vociferous are a few of the other descendants of vox and vocare. The related noun convocation refers to a group of people who have been called together.
Examples of convoke in a Sentence
Armond White, National Review, 16 Aug. 2023
Late Friday, politicians both for and against Morales reached an agreement to send to congress a bill to convoke a new presidential election.
—Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2019
Colombian President Ivan Duque convoked the summit to enhance cooperation that began with the 1978 signing of a treaty by eight Amazon nations but which has stalled even as threats from climate change and unchecked development have increased.
—Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2019
Demonstrators are demanding new elections, but Maduro has vowed instead to resolve the crisis by convoking a special assembly to rewrite the constitution.
—Washington Post, 30 June 2017
Maduro has vowed to resolve his nation’s crisis by convoking a special assembly to rewrite Venezuela’s constitution.
—Christine Armario, The Seattle Times, 18 May 2017
Maduro has vowed to resolve his nation's crisis by convoking a special assembly to rewrite Venezuela's constitution.
—Fox News, 18 May 2017
Maduro has vowed to resolve the crisis by convoking a special assembly to rewrite the nation’s constitution, a proposition that has further infuriated the opposition.
—Washington Post, 12 May 2017
Luis Emilio Rondon, one of five members of the electoral council and the only one who in the past has sided with opposition initiatives, said Maduro's decree alone was not enough to convoke a constitutional assembly.
—Hannah Dreier and Joshua Goodman, chicagotribune.com, 3 May 2017
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“Convoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/convoke. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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