Hypertext Webster Gateway: "assemblage"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Assemblage \As*sem"blage\, n. [Cf. F. assemblage. See
{Assemble}.]
1. The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled;
association.

In sweet assemblage every blooming grace. --Fenton.

2. A collection of individuals, or of individuals, or of
particular things; as, a political assemblage; an
assemblage of ideas.

Syn: Company; group; collection; concourse; gathering;
meeting; convention.

Usage: {Assemblage}, {Assembly}. An assembly consists only of
persons; an assemblage may be composed of things as
well as persons, as, an assemblage of incoherent
objects. Nor is every assemblage of persons an
assembly; since the latter term denotes a body who
have met, and are acting, in concert for some common
end, such as to hear, to deliberate, to unite in
music, dancing, etc. An assemblage of skaters on a
lake, or of horse jockeys at a race course, is not an
assembly, but might be turned into one by collecting
into a body with a view to discuss and decide as to
some object of common interest.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

assemblage
n 1: a group of persons together in one place [syn: {gathering}]
2: a system of components assembled together for a particular
purpose [syn: {hookup}]
3: the social act of assembling; "they demanded the right of
assembly" [syn: {assembly}, {gathering}] [ant: {dismantling}]
4: several things grouped together [syn: {collection}, {aggregation},
{accumulation}]


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