Convention :: Convention (v. i.) The act of coming together; the state of being together; union; coalition.

Convention :: Convention (v. i.) General agreement or concurrence; arbitrary custom; usage; conventionality.

Convention :: 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 :: 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 :: 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 :: Conventional (a.) Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated.

Conventional :: Conventional (a.) Growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit agreement; sanctioned by general concurrence or usage; formal..

Conventional :: Conventional (a.) Based upon tradition, whether religious and historical or of artistic rules..

Conventional :: 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 :: Conventionalily (adv.) In a conventional manner.

Conventionalism :: 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 :: Conventionalism (n.) The principles or practice of conventionalizing. See Conventionalize, v. t..

Conventionalist :: Conventionalist (n.) One who adheres to a convention or treaty.

Conventionalist :: Conventionalist (n.) One who is governed by conventionalism.

Conventionalities :: Conventionalities (pl. ) of Conventionalit.

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 :: Conventionalization (n.) The act of making conventional.

Conventionalization :: Conventionalization (n.) The state of being conventional.

Conventionalize :: Conventionalize (v. i.) To make designs in art, according to conventional principles. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t., 2..

Conventionalized :: Conventionalized (imp. & p. p.) of Conventionaliz.

Conventionalizing :: Conventionalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conventionaliz.

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 :: Conventionalizw (v. t.) To represent by selecting the important features and those which are expressible in the medium employed, and omitting the others..

Conventionalizw :: Conventionalizw (v. t.) To represent according to an established principle, whether religious or traditional, or based upon certain artistic rules of supposed importance..

Conventionary :: Conventionary (a.) Acting under contract; settled by express agreement; as, conventionary tenants..

Conventioner :: Conventioner (n.) One who belongs to a convention or assembly.

Conventionist :: Conventionist (n.) One who enters into a convention, covenant, or contract..

Reconvention :: Reconvention (n.) A cross demand; an action brought by the defendant against the plaintiff before the same judge.

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