as ‧ sem ‧ ble AC /əˈsemb ə l/ BrE AmE verb
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ assembly , ↑ assemblage ; verb : ↑ assemble ]
[ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: assembler , from Vulgar Latin assimulare , from Latin ad- 'to' + simul 'together' ]
1 . [intransitive and transitive] if you assemble a large number of people or things, or if they assemble, they are gathered together in one place, often for a particular purpose:
A large crowd had assembled outside the American embassy.
He looked around at the assembled company (=all the people who had come there) .
She had assembled a collection of her favourite songs.
2 . [transitive] to put all the parts of something together:
The aircraft will continue to be assembled in France.