From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Assemblage \As*sem"blage\, n. [Cf. F. assemblage. See
{Assemble}.]
1. The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled;
association.
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In sweet assemblage every blooming grace. --Fenton.
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2. A collection of individuals, or of individuals, or of
particular things; as, a political assemblage; an
assemblage of ideas.
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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.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
assemblage
n 1: a group of persons together in one place [syn: {gathering},
{assemblage}]
2: a system of components assembled together for a particular
purpose [syn: {hookup}, {assemblage}]
3: the social act of assembling; "they demanded the right of
assembly" [syn: {assembly}, {assemblage}, {gathering}] [ant:
{disassembly}, {dismantlement}, {dismantling}]
4: several things grouped together or considered as a whole
[syn: {collection}, {aggregation}, {accumulation},
{assemblage}]
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