Assemble

as-sem′bl, v.t. to call or bring together: to collect.— v.i. to meet together.— ns. A em′blage , a collection of persons or things; A em′blance ( Spens. ), an a embling: ( Shak. ) semblance: representation; A em′bly , the act of a embling: the company so a embled: a gathering of persons for any purpose, as for religious worship or social entertainment: specially applied to the lower house of the legislature in some of the United States and British colonies: ( mil. ) a drum-beat, esp. that before a march, upon which the soldiers strike their tents; A em′bly-room , a room in which persons a emble, especially for dancing.— General A embly , in Scotland, Ireland, and the United States, the highest court of the Presbyterian Church; Legislative A embly , in many of the British colonies, the title of the lower house of the legislature; National A embly , the first of the revolutionary a emblies in France, which sat 1789-91—also called the Constituent A embly , superseded in 1791 by the Legislative A embly. [Fr. a embler —Late L. a imulāre , to bring together, ad , to, similis , like. See A imilate .]