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/əsˈɛmbəlɪŋ/ /əsˈɛmblɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Assemble v. t. (past & past part. assembled; pres. part. assembling)

To collect into one place or body; to bring or call together; to convene; to congregate. "Thither he assembled all his train." "All the men of Israel assembled themselves."

To collect and put together the parts of; as, to assemble a bicycle, watch, gun, or other manufactured article.

Assemble v. i. To meet or come together, as a number of individuals; to convene; to congregate. "The Parliament assembled in November."

Assemble v. i. To liken; to compare. (Obs.) "Bribes may be assembled to pitch."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Assembling" Quotes from Famous Books

... that all freedmen having no lawful employment or business, or who are found unlawfully assembling, and all white persons so assembling in company with freedmen, or "usually associating with freedmen, free negroes, or mulattoes, on terms of equality," are to be deemed vagrants, and fined, a white man not more than ...

— The Negro and the Nation - A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement • George S. Merriam

... Then the work of assembling the parts of these miniature engines of war began. Some of the girls exhibited a good deal of mechanical skill, while others made moves and suggestions so awkward as to ...

— Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes - The Quest of a Summer Vacation • Stella M. Francis

... fleet as the news spread that the sea was freezing. Boats were lowered and rowed from the ship to ship, for the ice was as yet no thicker than window glass. Ned went from the Good Venture to the craft round which most of the boats were assembling to hear what was decided. He returned ...

— By Pike and Dyke: A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic • G.A. Henty

... they could not carry away. They were probably right, though the enemy made no sign of going away for a couple of days, but if he thought his demonstration by artillery was going to hasten back to Gaza some of the troops assembling against the left of his main line he was grievously in error. The XXIst Corps was strong enough to deal with any attack the Turks could launch, and they would have been pleased if an attempt to reach our lines had ...

— How Jerusalem Was Won - Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine • W.T. Massey

... possesses the right to dissolve the houses, separately or simultaneously; but a decree of dissolution must contain an order for the election of the new house, or houses, within fourteen days, and for the assembling of the houses within two months.[734] Except in the event of a dissolution, a regular session is required to extend through at least twenty days; but upon the expiration of the twenty-day period the sovereign ...

— The Governments of Europe • Frederic Austin Ogg

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