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"assemble" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often congregate (10 letters).
Definitions
create by putting components or members together
Word origin
From Middle English assemblen, from Old French assembler (“to assemble”), from Medieval Latin assimulāre (“to bring together”), from ad- + simulō (“copy, imitate”), from similis (“like, similar”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”). Doublet of assimilate.
Used in a sentence
“He assembled the model ship.”
“The handman reads copy and assembles type by hand, including straight composition, tables and display.”
“This micro-generation of Silicon Valley start-ups did two basic things: It put together a labor pool to deliver food or clean toilets or assemble IKEA bookshelves, and it found people who needed those things done.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Bring parts together”8 letters
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