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- Convention - v. i. - The act of coming together; the state of being together; union; coalition.
- Convention - v. i. - General agreement or concurrence; arbitrary custom; usage; conventionality.
- Convention - v. i. - A meeting or an assembly of persons, esp. of delegates or representatives, to accomplish some specific object, -- civil, social, political, or ecclesiastical.
- Convention - v. i. - An extraordinary assembly of the parkiament or estates of the realm, held without the king's writ, -- as the assembly which restored Charles II. to the throne, and that which declared the throne to be abdicated by James II.
- Convention - v. i. - An agreement or contract less formal than, or preliminary to, a treaty; an informal compact, as between commanders of armies in respect to suspension of hostilities, or between states; also, a formal agreement between governments or sovereign powers; as, a postal convention between two governments.
- Conventional - a. - Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated.
- Conventional - a. - Growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit agreement; sanctioned by general concurrence or usage; formal.
- Conventional - a. - Based upon tradition, whether religious and historical or of artistic rules.
- Conventional - a. - Abstracted; removed from close representation of nature by the deliberate selection of what is to be represented and what is to be rejected; as, a conventional flower; a conventional shell. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t.
- Conventionalily - adv. - In a conventional manner.
- Conventionalism - n. - That which is received or established by convention or arbitrary agreement; that which is in accordance with the fashion, tradition, or usage.
- Conventionalism - n. - The principles or practice of conventionalizing. See Conventionalize, v. t.
- Conventionalist - n. - One who adheres to a convention or treaty.
- Conventionalist - n. - One who is governed by conventionalism.
- Conventionalities - pl. - of Conventionality
- Conventionality - n. - 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.
- Conventionalization - n. - The act of making conventional.
- Conventionalization - n. - The state of being conventional.
- Conventionalize - v. i. - To make designs in art, according to conventional principles. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t., 2.
- Conventionalized - imp. & p. p. - of Conventionalizw
- Conventionalizing - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Conventionalizw
- Conventionalizw - v. t. - To make conventional; to bring under the influence of, or cause to conform to, conventional rules; to establish by usage.
- Conventionalizw - v. t. - To represent by selecting the important features and those which are expressible in the medium employed, and omitting the others.
- Conventionalizw - v. t. - To represent according to an established principle, whether religious or traditional, or based upon certain artistic rules of supposed importance.
- Conventionary - a. - Acting under contract; settled by express agreement; as, conventionary tenants.
- Conventioner - n. - One who belongs to a convention or assembly.
- Protocol - n. - A convention not formally ratified.
- Assiento - n. - 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.
- Delegate - n. - One sent by any constituency to act as its representative in a convention; as, a delegate to a convention for nominating officers, or for forming or altering a constitution.
- Conventionalism - n. - That which is received or established by convention or arbitrary agreement; that which is in accordance with the fashion, tradition, or usage.
- Conventionalist - n. - One who adheres to a convention or treaty.
- Manipulate - v. t. - To control the action of, by management; as, to manipulate a convention of delegates; to manipulate the stock market; also, to manage artfully or fraudulently; as, to manipulate accounts, or election returns.
- Convention - v. i. - An agreement or contract less formal than, or preliminary to, a treaty; an informal compact, as between commanders of armies in respect to suspension of hostilities, or between states; also, a formal agreement between governments or sovereign powers; as, a postal convention between two governments.
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- G1486 ἔθω - 1486 ἔθω - ἜΘΩ - - éthō - eth'-o - a primary verb; to be used (by habit or conventionality); neuter perfect participle usage:--be custom (manner, wont). - Verb - greek
- H4150 מוֹעֵד - 4150 מוֹעֵד - מוֹעֵד - - môwʻêd - mo-ade' - or מֹעֵד; or (feminine) מוֹעָדָה; (2 Chronicles 8:13), from יָעַד; properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally ayear; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand); appointed (sign, time), (place of, solemn) assembly, congregation, (set, solemn) feast, (appointed, due) season, solemn(-ity), synogogue, (set) time (appointed). - Noun Masculine - heb
- H3381 יָרַד - 3381 יָרַד - יָרַד - - yârad - yaw-rad' - a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications); [idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down. - Verb - heb