Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Assemble

Assemble ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb

[French assembler, from Late Latin assimulare to bring together to collect; Latin ad + simul together; akin to similis like, Greek {not transcribed} at the same time, and English same. Compare Assimilate, Same.]

1.
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
2.
To collect and put together the parts of; as, to assemble a bicycle, watch, gun, or other manufactured article.

Assemble , intransitive verb

To meet or come together, as a number of individuals; to convene; to congregate.
The Parliament assembled in November. — W. Massey

Assemble , intransitive verb

To liken; to compare. [Obsolete]
Bribes may be assembled to pitch. — Latimer