Obs. Also 5 assamble. [a. OF. a(s)semble-r, either referred in meaning to L. assimulāre, adsimilāre to liken (see ASSIMILATE); or confused by Englishmen with ressembler: see RESEMBLE. Cf. It. assimigliare to resemble, compare.] To liken, compare; to be like to, resemble.
1483. Caxton, Gold. Leg., 114/3. For the world assambleth the see.
1549. Latimer, 7 Serm. bef. Edw. VI. (Arb.), 151. Bribes may be assembled to pitch.
1550. Bale, Image Both Ch., Sel. Wks. 1849, 379. The other be assembled unto most filthy locusts.
