Part 699

<i>Ayliffe.</i>

<h1>Assegai</h1> <Xpage=90>

<hw>As"se*gai</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Assagai</er>.</def>

<h1>Assemblage</h1> <Xpage=90>

<hw>As*sem"blage</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>assemblage</ets>. See <er>Assemble</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of assembling, or the state o<?/ being; association.</def>

<blockquote>In sweet <b>assemblage</b> every blooming grace. <i>Fenton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A collection of individuals, or of individuals, or of particular things; <as>as, a political <ex>assemblage</ex>; an <ex>assemblage</ex> of ideas.</as></def>

<syn>Syn. -- Company; group; collection; concourse; gathering; meeting; convention.</syn> <usage> <er>Assemblage</er>, <er>Assembly</er>. An <i>assembly</i> consists only of persons; an <i>assemblage</i> may be composed of things as well as persons, <as>as, an <ex>assemblage</ex> of incoherent objects</as>. Nor is every <i>assemblage</i> of persons an <i>assembly</i>; 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 <i>assemblage</i> of skaters on a lake, or of horse jockeys at a race course, is not an <i>assembly</i>, 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.</usage>

<h1>Assemblance</h1> <Xpage=90>

<hw>As*sem"blance</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>assemblance</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Resemblance; likeness; appearance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Care I for the . . . stature, bulk, and big <b>assemblance</b> of a man <?/ Give me the spirit. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An assembling; assemblage.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>To weete the cause of their <b>assemblance</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Assemble</h1> <Xpage=90>

<hw>As*sem"ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Assembled</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Assembling</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>assembler</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>assimulare</ets> to bring together to collect; L. <ets>ad + simul</ets> together; akin to <ets>similis</ets> like, Gr. <?/ at the same time, and E. <ets>same</ets>. Cf. <er>Assimilate</er>, <er>Same</er>.]</ety> <def>To collect into one place or body; to bring or call together; to convene; to congregate.</def>

<blockquote>Thither he <b>assembled</b> all his train. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>All the men of Israel <b>assembled</b> themselves. <i>1 Kings viii. 2.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Assemble</h1> <Xpage=90>

<hw>As*sem"ble</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To meet or come together, as a number of individuals; to convene; to congregate.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The Parliament <b>assembled</b> in November. <i>W. Massey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Assemble</h1> <Xpage=90>

<hw>As*sem"ble</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To liken; to compare.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Bribes may be <b>assembled</b> to pitch. <i>Latimer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Assembler</h1> <Xpage=90>

<hw>As*sem"bler</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who assembles a number of individuals; also, one of a number assembled.</def>

<h1>Assembly</h1> <Xpage=90>

<hw>As*sem"bly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Assemblies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F. <ets>assembl\'82e</ets>, fr. <ets>assembler</ets>. See <er>Assemble</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A company of persons collected together in one place, and usually for some common purpose, esp. for deliberation and legislation, for worship, or for social entertainment.</def>