reassemble, v.
(riːəˈsɛmb(ə)l)
[re- 5 a. Cf. F. rassembler, † reassembler (14th c.).]
1. trans. To bring together again, to collect anew.
| 1494 Fabyan Chron. vii. ccxlvi. 289 Kynge Phylyp reassembled his Knyghtes, and sped hym towarde the countrey of Poytoys. c 1520 Barclay Jugurth xxxi. 43 b, Whan Metellus (as sayd is) had reasembled them againe: he began in fewe wordes to pray and exhort them. 1667 Milton P.L. i. 186 Reassembling our afflicted Powers, Consult how we may henceforth most offend Our Enemy. 1751 Johnson Rambler No. 157 ¶12, I was reassembling my scattered sentiments. 1762–71 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Paint. (1786) V. 267 King Charles's collection, which his royal highness wished as far as possible to re-assemble. 1863 Cowden Clarke Shaks. Char. vii. 173 Her old father pathetically endeavours to reassemble his wandering ideas. |
| refl. 1818 Scott Rob Roy viii, Morris, whose scattered wits had hardly yet reassembled themselves. |
2. intr. To meet, come together, again. Also
fig.| 1611 Cotgr., Reconvenir, to reassemble, reunite. c 1645 Howell Lett. i. ii. xix. (1890) I. 133 At the dissolution of the last Assembly at Lodun, where he solemnly gave his word, to permit them to re-assemble when they would six months after. 1677 Coles Eng.-Lat. Dict., To Reassemble, rursum convenire. 1821 Shelley Hellas 1003 If Greece must be A wreck, yet shall its fragments re-assemble. 1882 J. Hawthorne Fort. Fool i. xviii, They would reassemble in London once more. 1945 P. Larkin North Ship 9 The meadows are bright With the coldest dew; The dawn reassembles. |
Hence
reaˈssembled ppl. a.,
reaˈssembling ppl. a. and vbl. n.| 1611 Cotgr., Ralliement, a rallying, reassembling, reuniting. 1817 Parl. Deb. 247 Mr. Hunt's parliament at Spa-fields was prorogued, and at the re-assembling received a royal message. 1863 H. Cox Instit. i. vi. 32 This rule..applies as well to the original meeting of a Parliament as to its reassembling after prorogation. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 21 Oct. 2/3 The first sitting of the reassembled Chambers. 1906 Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 438 To my reassembling senses..came the realisation of a greater tragedy. 1977 W. M. Spackman Armful of Warm Girl 88 Nicolas collected his wits enough to follow, with a re-assembled smile. |