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Assembly   /əsˈɛmbli/   Listen
Assembly

noun
(pl. assemblies)
1.
A group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit.
2.
The act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery).  Synonym: fabrication.
3.
A public facility to meet for open discussion.  Synonyms: forum, meeting place.
4.
A group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose.
5.
A unit consisting of components that have been fitted together.
6.
The social act of assembling.  Synonyms: assemblage, gathering.



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"Assembly" Quotes from Famous Books



... convene the assembly at once to decide which of us two loves you best and most merits ...
— The Eleven Comedies - Vol. I • Aristophanes et al
... assaulted the palace, after he had drawn off the Alban youth to secure the citadel with a garrison and arms, when he saw the young men, after they had killed the king, advancing to congratulate him, immediately called an assembly of the people, and represented to them the unnatural behaviour of his brother towards him, the extraction of his grand-children, the manner of their birth and education, and how they came to be discovered; then he informed them of the king's death, and that he was killed by his orders. When ...
— The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 • Titus Livius
... spacious tent, brightly lighted with torches of pitch-pine, the conjurer, wrapped in a large elk-skin, and corded with about forty yards of elk-hide lariat—"bound up like an Egyptian mummy"—was laid down in the midst of the assembly, in ...
— French Pathfinders in North America • William Henry Johnson
... are not convinced of this, don't bother with me any longer. But the money the school will make for you—this new kind of rural school—will be as nothing to the social life which will grow up—a social life which will make necessary an assembly-room, which will be the social center, because it will be the educational center, and the business center ...
— The Brown Mouse • Herbert Quick
... numbers were swept off by it. The strong prisoners used to tyrannise over the weak, and the most frightful cases of extortion and cruelty were practised amongst them, while the conduct of the officials was culpable in the highest degree. At one time the chapel was let as an assembly room. The prisoners used to get up, on public ball nights, dances of their own, as the band could be plainly heard throughout the prison. The debtors used to let down a glove or bag by means of a stick, from ...
— Recollections of Old Liverpool • A Nonagenarian


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