əˈsembəl verb
( assembled ; assembled ; assembling -b(ə)liŋ ; assembles )
Etymology: Middle English assemblen, from Old French assembler, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin assimulare, from Latin ad- + (assumed) Vulgar Latin -simulare (from Latin simul together, at the same time) — more at same
transitive verb
1. : to bring or summon together into a group, crowd, company, assembly, or unit
even after a new crew had, at great pains, been assembled — V.G.Heiser
hold all planes until a striking force could be assembled — H.L.Merillat
2. : to bring together: as
a. : to put or join together usually in an orderly way with logical selection or sequence
assemble statistics
evaluating the data assembled
he assembled a large library
b. : to fit together various parts of so as to make into an operative whole
assemble a radio set
airplanes being assembled
intransitive verb
: to come or meet together in a group, company, assembly, or unit often purposively, sometimes formally
the right of the people peaceably to assemble — U.S. Constitution
help drill Federal volunteers then assembling about Washington — Robert Bruce
assemble at one of the taverns for convivial purposes — American Guide Series: New Hampshire
Synonyms: see gather