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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ASSEM'BLE, v.t. [L. simul.]
To collect a number of individuals or particulars into one place, or body; to bring or call togethe; to convene; to congregate.
ASSEM'BLE, v.i. To meet or come together; to convene, as a number of individuals.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee" [syn: assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together] [ant: break apart, break up, disassemble, dismantle, take apart]
2: collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room" [syn: meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather]
3: get people together; "assemble your colleagues"; "get together all those who are interested in the project"; "gather the close family members" [syn: assemble, gather, get together]

Merriam Webster's

verb (assembled; assembling) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French assembler, from Vulgar Latin *assimulare, from Latin ad- + simul together — more at same Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to bring together (as in a particular place or for a particular purpose) 2. to fit together the parts of intransitive verb to meet together ; convene Synonyms: see gather

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 tr. & intr. gather together; collect. 2 tr. arrange in order. 3 tr. esp. Mech. fit together the parts of. Etymology: ME f. OF asembler ult. f. L ad to + simul together

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Assemble As*sem"ble, v. t. To collect and put together the parts of; as, to assemble a bicycle, watch, gun, or other manufactured article.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Assemble As*sem"ble, v. i. To meet or come together, as a number of individuals; to convene; to congregate. --Dryden. The Parliament assembled in November. --W. Massey.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Assemble As*sem"ble, v. i. To liken; to compare. [Obs.] Bribes may be assembled to pitch. --Latimer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Assemble As*sem"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assembled; p. pr. & vb. n. Assembling.] [F. assembler, fr. LL. assimulare to bring together to collect; L. ad + simul together; akin to similis like, Gr. ? at the same time, and E. same. Cf. Assimilate, Same.] To collect into one place or body; to bring or call together; to convene; to congregate. Thither he assembled all his train. --Milton. All the men of Israel assembled themselves. --1 Kings viii. 2.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(assembles, assembling, assembled) 1. When people assemble or when someone assembles them, they come together in a group, usually for a particular purpose such as a meeting. There wasn't even a convenient place for students to assemble between classes... Thousands of people, mainly Zulus, assembled in a stadium in Thokoza... He has assembled a team of experts to handle queries... = gather VERB: V, V in/at n, V n 2. To assemble something means to collect it together or to fit the different parts of it together. Greenpeace managed to assemble enough boats to waylay the ship at sea... VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Collect, muster, convene, convoke, congregate, gather, levy, call, summon, call together, bring together, get together. II. v. n. Convene, congregate, meet, gather, meet together, gather together, come together.

Moby Thesaurus

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