Hypertext Webster Gateway: "assembling"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

assembling
n : the act of gathering something together [syn: {collection},
{collecting}]


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