covent

coven ablet, a. [ E. convenable, q. v.) = Pr. convenable, coven hable =Pg. convinhavel, OF. covenir, cuvenir, convenir, F. convenir ), come together, agree: see convene, convenient.] 1. Suitable; fit; proper; due. Thei [herbs and trees] waxen faste in swiche places as ben coven able to them. Chaucer , Boëthius, iii, prose 2. Wherfor and a couenable name he putte to the place. Wyclif, Ex. xv. 23. Weche foure and twenty sholde, to the couenable somaunse [summons] of the forseyde meyre, come. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 349. 2. Accordant; agreeing; consistent. The witne ing is weren not couenable. Wyclif , Mark xiv. 56.