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The act of assembling, or the state o In sweet assemblage every blooming grace. Fenton.

Assemblage a second time or again.

A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; as, a house is an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, etc.

ing of rings or circles. Armillary sphere, an ancient astronomical machine composed of an assemblage of rings, all circles of the same sphere, designed to represent the positions of the important circles of the celestial sphere. Nichol.

An assembling; assemblage. [Obs.] To weete [know] the cause of their assemblance. Spenser.

In the East, an exchange, marketplace, or assemblage of shops where goods are exposed for sale.

An assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the æsthetic faculty, or the moral sense. Beauty consists of a certain composition of color and figure, causing delight in the beholder. Locke. The production of beauty by a multiplicity of symmetrical parts uniting in a consistent whole…

An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.

That which is collected; as: (a) A gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons. "A collection of letters." Macaulay.

A tuft or bunch, -- as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree; or a cluster of brachts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant; or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds. Coma Berenices ( Etym: [L.] (Astron.), a small constellation north of Virgo; -- called also Berenice's Hair.…

An assemblage or association of persons, either permanent or transient. Thou shalt meet a company of prophets. 1 Sam. x. 5.

Assemblage of related things; colletion; complication. This parable of the wedding supper comprehends in it the whole complex of all the blessings and privileges exhibited by the gospel. South. Complex of lines (Geom.), all the possible straight lines in space being considered, the entire system of lines which satisfy…

or currents; the act of meeting and crowding in a place; hence, a crowd; a concourse; an assemblage.

A large assemblage; a passing multitude.

To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to assemble; to bring into one place, or into a united body; to gather together; to mass; to compact. Any multitude of Christian men congregated may be termed by the name of a church. Hooker. Cold congregates all bodies. Coleridge. The great receptacle Of congregated waters he…

The assemblage of Masters and Doctors at Oxford or Cambrige University, mainly for the granting of degrees. [Eng.]

the act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage. [Obs.] Mixtures and conjugations of atoms. Bentley.

An assemblage of splendors or excellences. The constellations of genius had already begun to show itself . . . which was to shed a glory over the meridian and close of Philip's reign. Prescott.

An assemblage; a collection; harmonious union. [Obs.] That person of his [George Herbert], which afforded so unusual a contesseration of elegancies. Oley.

A body of individuals; an assemblage. [Obs.] He was in a core of people. Bacon.