Assemble Definition

ə-sĕmbəl

assembled, assembles, assembling

verb

assembled, assembles, assembling

To bring or call together into a group or whole.

The bailiff assembled the jury.

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To gather into a group; collect.

Webster's New World

To fit together the parts or pieces of.

Assemble a machine; assemble data.

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To fit or put together the parts of (a machine, etc.)

Webster's New World

To gather together; congregate.

Protesters assembled on the common.

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noun

A jump in ballet in which the feet meet together in midair and then land together on the floor.

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Origin of Assemble

From Middle English assemblen, from Old French assembler (“to assemble”), from Medieval Latin assimulare (“to bring together”), from ad- + simul (“together”), from Proto-Indo-European *sōm-, *som- (“together”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, whole”). Cognate with Old English samnian (“to bring together, assemble”). More at sam.

From Wiktionary
Middle English assemblen from Old French assembler from Vulgar Latin assimulāre Latin ad- ad- Latin simul together sem-¹ in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
French from past participle of assembler to assemble, fit together from assembler to assemble, fit together from Old French assemble

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition