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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.
verb (used without object)
4.
to come together; gather; meet: We assembled in the auditorium.
Origin:
1200–50; Middle English < Old French assembler < Vulgar Latin *assimulāre to bring together, equivalent to Latin as- as- + simul together + -ā- thematic vowel + -re infinitive suffix
1200–50; Middle English < Old French assembler < Vulgar Latin *assimulāre to bring together, equivalent to Latin as- as- + simul together + -ā- thematic vowel + -re infinitive suffix
Antonyms
1, 4. disperse.
1, 4. disperse.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to come or bring together; collect or congregate |
| 2. | to fit or join together (the parts of something, such as a machine): to assemble the parts of a kit |
| 3. | to run (a computer program) that converts a set of symbolic data, usually in the form of specific single-step instructions, into machine language |
| [C13: from Old French assembler, from Vulgar Latin assimulāre (unattested) to bring together, from Latin simul together] | |
| assemblé (asɑ̃ble) | |
| —n | |
| ballet a sideways leap in which the feet come together in the air in preparation for landing | |
| [literally: brought together] | |
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Word Origin & History
assemble
mid-13c. (trans.), c.1300 (intrans.), from O.Fr. assembler (11c.), from L. assimulare "to make like, think like," later "to gather together," from ad- "to" + simulare "to make like" (see simulation). 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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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