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. Doublet of assimilate.

• IPA^(key): /əˈsɛmbl̩/

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• Hyphenation: as‧sem‧ble

assemble (third-person singular simple present assembles, present participle assembling, simple past and past participle assembled)

1. (transitive) To put together.

   He assembled the model ship.

2. (transitive, intransitive) To gather as a group.

   The parents assembled in the school hall.

   • (Can we date this quote?) John Milton

     Thither he assembled all his train.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Bible, 1 Kings viii. 2

     All the men of Israel assembled themselves.

3. (computing) to translate from assembly language to machine code

• (to put together): build, construct, produce, put together; see also Thesaurus:build
• (to gather as a group): collect, begather; see also Thesaurus:assemble or Thesaurus:round up
• (to translate assembly language):

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assemble

1. first-person singular present indicative of assembler
2. third-person singular present indicative of assembler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of assembler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of assembler
5. second-person singular imperative of assembler