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Definition of Convive
1. v. i. To feast together; to be convivial.
2. n. A quest at a banquet.
Definition of Convive
1. Verb. (obsolete) To feast with others ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) a feast or banquet ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) a participant in a feast or banquet ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Convive
1. to feast together [v CONVIVED, CONVIVING, CONVIVES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Convive
Literary usage of Convive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1834)
"Un convive qui sait son inonde n'entamera jamais une conversation avant la fin
... Un convive ne doit être que poli pendant le premier service ; il est tenu ..."
2. Illustrations of the Literary History of the 18th Century: Consisting of edited by J. B. Nichols (1817)
"I venture to restore it: Please ye, we may convive this afternoon, &c. ...
The word convive, you may remember, is again used by our Poet in Troilus, p. ..."
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