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Webster 1913 Edition
Assemblage
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.
Assemblage
, Assembly
. An assembly consists only of persons; an assemblage may be composed of things as well as persons, as, an
. 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. assemblage
of incoherent objectsWebster 1828 Edition
Assemblage
ASSEM'BLAGE
,Noun.
1.
A collection of individuals, or of particular things; the state of being assembled.2.
Rarely, the act of assembling.