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    assemble
    as‧sem‧ble AC /əˈsembəl/ verb
     Word Family: noun: assembly, assemblage; verb: assemble
     Date: 1200-1300
     Language: Old French
     Origin: assembler, from Vulgar Latin assimulare, from Latin ad- 'to' + simul 'together'
    1. [intransitive and transitive] if you assemble a large number of people or things, or if they assemble, they are gathered together in one place, often for a particular purpose:
        A large crowd had assembled outside the American embassy.
        He looked around at the assembled company (=all the people who had come there).
        She had assembled a collection of her favourite songs.
    2. [transitive] to put all the parts of something together:
        The aircraft will continue to be assembled in France.