"convive" meaning in English

See convive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kənˈvaɪv/ Forms: convives [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪv Etymology: Borrowed from French convive. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|fr:convive|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "convive", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "convive", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="convive"> Borrowed from French convive. Head templates: {{en-noun}} convive (plural convives)
  1. (obsolete) a participant in a feast or banquet Tags: obsolete Translations (participant in a feast or banquet): spolustolovník [masculine] (Czech), spolustolovnice [feminine] (Czech)
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  2. (obsolete) a feast or banquet Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-convive-en-noun-xfK774KE Categories (other): English entries with etymon Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 35 32 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: convivial

Verb

IPA: /kənˈvaɪv/ Forms: convives [present, singular, third-person], conviving [participle, present], convived [participle, past], convived [past]
Rhymes: -aɪv Etymology: Borrowed from French convive. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|fr:convive|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "convive", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "convive", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="convive"> Borrowed from French convive. Head templates: {{en-verb}} convive (third-person singular simple present convives, present participle conviving, simple past and past participle convived)
  1. (obsolete) To feast with others Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-convive-en-verb-GRflhvRl Categories (other): English entries with etymon Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 35 32 32

Inflected forms

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