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unconvene

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ convene.

Verb

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unconvene (third-person singular simple present unconvenes, present participle unconvening, simple past and past participle unconvened)

  1. To disband a group that has been convened.
    • 1978, Kent S. Bernard, “Certified Questions in the Supreme Court: In Defense of an Option”, in Dick. L. Rev:
      Thus, unless one argues that the circuit court has no power to unconvene an en banc court, that there is no accepted procedure for doing so is not a bar ...
    • 2003, Rose Connors, Temporary Sanity, →ISBN, page 270:
      You heard me, Judge. We're not going to reconvene, because we're not going to unconvene.
    • 2006 October 13, Tin Kyi, “Burma Related News - Oct 12, 2006.”, in soc.culture.burma (Usenet):
      The convention, convened in 1993, was unconvened in 1996 after the NLD delegates walked out of the process, labeling it a sham designed to legitimize the military's role in Myanmar politics.