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noting an artificial gem formed of two or more parts, as a doublet or triplet, at least one of which is a true gemstone.
to bring together or gather into one place, company, body, or whole.
to put or fit together; put together the parts of:
to assemble information for a report; to assemble a toy from a kit.
Computers. (def 4).
to come together; gather; meet:
We assembled in the auditorium.
Contemporary Examples

Libman afterwards spoke to the assembled press about his pal.
Rocker Lenny Kravitz’s Namesake Receives Medal of Honor Michael Daly March 18, 2014

The company designed and assembled the device from the hardware on up, opening a factory in Burgundy for its production.
QOOQ: A Tablet for the Messy Cook Katie Baker December 22, 2012

In the spring of 1999, Armstrong assembled his inner circle at his French villa in Nice to map out the plan for the Tour.
Lance Armstrong’s Teammate Tells All: ‘The Secret Race’ By Tyler Hamilton The Daily Beast September 7, 2012

There was stone-cold silence from the dozen other assembled Democrats—a reaction that Lieberman found “very troubling.”
Joe Lieberman’s Slow-Motion Divorce From the Democratic Party Howard Kurtz July 17, 2012

He did not even lead the assembled through a moment of silence.
Love Versus the ‘Liberal Gulag’ James Poulos April 7, 2014

Historical Examples

An army was organized; weapons and equipment were assembled.
The White Invaders Raymond King Cummings

Hundreds of men and women, all well clothed, were assembled on the shore to receive them.
Captain Cook W.H.G. Kingston

One evening, when a party was assembled, one of them dropped a shilling.
Stories of Animal Sagacity W.H.G. Kingston

The leaders, after supper, assembled at the ruins of the tower.
The Science of Fairy Tales Edwin Sidney Hartland

Presently they were all assembled, and the Head appeared upon his rostrum.
The Lighter Side of School Life Ian Hay

verb
to come or bring together; collect or congregate
to fit or join together (the parts of something, such as a machine): to assemble the parts of a kit
to run (a computer program) that converts a set of symbolic data, usually in the form of specific single-step instructions, into machine language
noun
(ballet) a sideways leap in which the feet come together in the air in preparation for landing
v.

earlly 14c., transitive and intransitive, from Old French assembler “come together, join, unite; gather” (11c.), from Latin assimulare “to make like, liken, compare; copy, imitate; feign, pretend,” later “to gather together,” from ad- “to” (see ad-) + simulare “to make like” (see simulation). In Middle English and in Old French it also was a euphemism for “to couple sexually.” Meaning “to put parts together” in manufacturing is from 1852. Related: Assembled; assembling. Assemble together is redundant.