|chat, to converse|
|to run away hurriedly; flee.|
|1.||to come or bring together; collect or congregate|
|2.||to fit or join together (the parts of something, such as a machine): to assemble the parts of a kit|
|3.||to run (a computer program) that converts a set of symbolic data, usually in the form of specific single-step instructions, into machine language|
|[C13: from Old French assembler, from Vulgar Latin assimulāre (unattested) to bring together, from Latin simul together]|
(French: "step put together"), in classical ballet, a movement in which a dancer's feet or legs are brought together in the air and the dancer lands on both feet. It can be done front, back, dessus, dessous, and so on.
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