An archaic or obsolete form meaning to gather together or assemble people or things in one place.
From Old French 'assembler', from 'a-' (to) + 'sembler' (to seem, to gather). Related to modern 'assemble' but represents an earlier spelling or pronunciation.
This truncated form 'assembl' appears in Middle English texts and shows how word endings like '-e' were gradually dropped in English, a process called 'aphesis' that made our language evolve toward simpler forms.
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