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Webster 1913 Edition
Convive
Con-vive′
,Verb.
I.
[L.
convivari
; akin to convivium
a feast, convivere
to live or feast together; con-
+ vivere
to live.] To feast together; to be convivial.
[Obs.]
“There, in the full, convive we.” Shak.
Con′vive
,Noun.
[L.
conviva
: cf. F. convive
.] A quest at a banquet.
[R.]
Beaumont.
Webster 1828 Edition
Convive
CONVIVE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
convive
convive
English
Verb
convive (third-person singular simple present convives, present participle conviving, simple past and past participle convived)
- (obsolete) To feast with others
- c. 1602 -- William Shakespeare, -- Troilus and Cressida, Act IV, Scene V
- First, all you peers of Greece, go to my tent;
- There, in the full convive we; afterwards,
- As Hector's leisure and your bounties shall
- Concur together, severally entreat him
- c. 1602 -- William Shakespeare, -- Troilus and Cressida, Act IV, Scene V
Noun
convive (plural convives)