assemble

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ASSEM'BLE, verb transitive [Latin simul.] To collect a number of individuals or particulars into one place, or body; to bring or call togethe; to convene; to congregate. ASSEM'BLE, verb intransitive To meet or come together; to convene, as a number of individuals.
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