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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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"Assembling" Quotes from Famous Books

... offer for our seaport towns, their utility toward supporting within our waters the authority of the laws, the promptness with which they will be manned by the seamen and militia of the place in the moment they are wanting, the facility of their assembling from different parts of the coast to any point where they are required in greater force than ordinary, the economy of their maintenance and preservation from decay when not in actual service, and the competence of our finances ...

— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Section 3 (of 4) of Volume 1: Thomas Jefferson • Edited by James D. Richardson

... this tradition been received by the Senecas, that it has been incorporated into the solemnities of their worship, and its remembrance continued from one generation to another by the aid of religious rites. Here they were formerly in the habit of assembling in council, and here their prayers and thanksgivings were offered to the Great Spirit, for having given them birth, and for rescuing ...

— An account of Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha - Red Jacket and his people, 1750-1830 • John Niles Hubbard

... Assembling here, a humble band, Our covenantal pledge to take, We pass the cup from hand to hand, From heart to ...

— History of the Moravian Church • J. E. Hutton

... story, which, as it well suits the capacity of the monkish writers, is carefully recorded by them; that Edward, assembling the Welsh, promised to give them a prince of unexceptionable manners, a Welshman by birth, and one who could speak no other language. On their acclamations of joy, and promise of obedience, he invested in the principality his second ...

— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B. - From Henry III. to Richard III. • David Hume

... Upon your assembling to enter again upon the duty of legislating for the welfare of the people of Ohio, the Governor is required by the constitution to communicate to you the condition of the State, and to recommend such measures ...

— The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes • James Quay Howard

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