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assembly

as.sem.bly \*-'sem-ble-\ n [ME assemblee, fr. MF, fr. OF, fr. assembler] 1: 
   a company of persons gathered for deliberation and legislation, worship,  
   or entertainment cap  2: a legislative body; specif : the lower house of a 
   legislature  3: ASSEMBLAGE  4: a signal given by drum, bugle, trumpet, or 
   all field music for troops to  assemble or fall in 5a: the fitting together 
   of manufactured parts into a complete machine, structure, or unit of a 
   machine 5b: a collection of parts so assembled