assemble, a semble

t. & i. [In Fr. a embler; ensemble = together; Prov. a emblar; from Lat. simul at once, together, at the same time. Cognate with Dut. verza melen =. to a emble; zamelen = to collect; from samen = together; Ger. sammeln =to a emble; zusammen, be is am men = together.] A. Transitive : *1. To compare, to liken. (Latimer: Works , i. 188.) 2. To convene, to call together. (Used both of persons and things.) (a) Sometimes it is followed by two objectives the one of the person or being for whom the gathering is brought together, and the other of the persons or things a embled. But before the first objective there is really an ellipsis of to or for . "Then said the king to Amasa, A emble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present."-2 Sam. xx. 4. (b) It is sometimes used reciprocally. "And all the men of Israel a embled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast of the month Ethanim..."-1 Kings viii. 2. B. Intransitive: 1. Gen. To come together, to meet together, to gather, to congregate. "They, however, still a embled and prayed in private dwellings,..."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng . , ch. xvi. *2. Spec.: To meet in a hostile manner, to encounter. "Now Eualac and Tholomer tures han a-semblet." Joseph of Arimathie (ed. Skeat), 520.