/euh sem"beuhl/ , v. , assembled, assembling .
v.t.
1. to bring together or gather into one place, company, body, or whole.
2. to put or fit together; put together the parts of: to assemble information for a report; to assemble a toy from a kit.
3. Computers. compile (def. 4).
v.i.
4. to come together; gather; meet: We assembled in the auditorium.
[ 1200-50; ME assembler assimulare to bring together, equiv. to L as- AS- + simul together + -a- thematic vowel + -re inf. suffix ]
Syn. 1. convene, convoke. See gather. 2. connect. See manufacture. 4. congregate, convene.
Ant. 1, 4. disperse.