assemble
- 1) verb, to come or bring together; collect or congregate
- 2) verb, to fit or join together (the parts of something, such as a machine)
- 3) verb, to run (a computer program) that converts a set of symbolic data, usually in the form of specific single-step instructions, into machine language
Etymology
C13: from Old French assembler, from Vulgar Latin assimulāre (unattested) to bring together, from Latin simul together
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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connect, gather, meet, collect, rally, flock, accumulate, muster, convene, congregate, foregather, collect, gather, rally, summon, accumulate, round up, marshal, muster, convene, amass, congregate, foregather, convoke, make, join, set up, manufacture, build up, construct, erect, fabricate