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as⋅sem⋅ble
[uh-sem-buh
l] 
verb, -bled, -bling.–verb (used with object)
| 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). |
–verb (used without object)
| 4. | to come together; gather; meet: We assembled in the auditorium. |
Origin:
1200–50; ME < OF assembler < VL *assimulāre to bring together, equiv. to L as- as- + simul together + -ā- thematic vowel + -re inf. suffix
1200–50; ME < OF assembler < VL *assimulāre to bring together, equiv. to L as- as- + simul together + -ā- thematic vowel + -re inf. suffix
Antonyms:
1, 4. disperse.
1, 4. disperse.
as⋅sem⋅blé
[Fr. a-sahn-bley] –noun, plural -blés [Fr. -bley] . Ballet.
[Fr. -bley] . Ballet. | a jump in which the dancer throws one leg up, springs off the other, and lands with both feet together. |
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| as·sem·ble (ə-sěm'bəl) v. as·sem·bled, as·sem·bling, as·sem·bles v. tr.
To gather together; congregate. See Synonyms at gather. [Middle English assemblen, from Old French assembler, from Vulgar Latin *assimulāre : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin simul, together; see sem-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
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Assemble
As*sem"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assembled; p. pr. & vb. n. Assembling.] [F. assembler, fr. LL. assimulare to bring together to collect; L. ad + simul together; akin to similis like, Gr. ? at the same time, and E. same. Cf. Assimilate, Same.] To collect into one place or body; to bring or call together; to convene; to congregate. Thither he assembled all his train. --Milton. All the men of Israel assembled themselves. --1 Kings viii. 2.Assemble
As*sem"ble\, v. i. To meet or come together, as a number of individuals; to convene; to congregate. --Dryden. The Parliament assembled in November. --W. Massey.Assemble
As*sem"ble\, v. i. To liken; to compare. [Obs.] Bribes may be assembled to pitch. --Latimer.Assemble
As*sem"ble\, v. t. To collect and put together the parts of; as, to assemble a bicycle, watch, gun, or other manufactured article.
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Language Translation for : assemble
Spanish:
reunirse,
German:
sich versammeln,
Japanese:
集まる
assemble
c.1250 (trans.), c.1300 (intrans.), from O.Fr. assembler, from L. assimulare "to make like, think like," later "to gather together," from ad- "to" + simul "together." In 14c. it also was a euphemism for "to couple sexually." Assemble together is redundant. Meaning "to put parts together" in manufacturing is from 1852; assembly line is first recorded 1914, Amer.Eng. Assembly is 1330, from O.Fr. assemblee.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: as·sem·ble
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -bled; -bling
transitive verb : to bring or summon together into a group esp. in a particular place for a particular purpose intransitive verb : to come or meet together in a group often formally or for a common purpose
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assemble
(French: "step put together"), in classical ballet, a movement in which a dancer's feet or legs are brought together in the air and the dancer lands on both feet. It can be done front, back, dessus, dessous, and so on.
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