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a group of persons or things gathered or collected; an -ssembly; collection; aggregate.
the act of -ssembling; state of being -ssembled.
fine arts.

a sculptural technique of organizing or composing into a unified whole a group of unrelated and often fragmentary or discarded objects.
a work of art produced by this technique.
compare , , (def 4).

archaeology. the aggregate of artifacts and other remains found on a site, considered as material evidence in support of a theory concerning the culture or cultures inhabiting it.
contemporary examples

self-portrait, 1916,” which man ray made at the age of 26, is notably considered the “first proto-dada -ssemblage.
man ray revealed philip gefter november 11, 2009

“the street pole that tells a wonderful story,” maria told the -ssemblage.
how brooklyn’s first ice cream girl fought city hall–and won michael daly october 12, 2014

but leadership is more than an -ssemblage of intellectually correct positions.
inside obama’s tax-cut gamble howard kurtz december 7, 2010

historical examples

p-ssing by the common and its -ssemblage of whigs, he “spoke somewhat contemptuously of them.”
the siege of boston allen french

an embarr-ssed silence fell like a vapor over the -ssemblage.
tiverton tales alice brown

philostorgius affirms, that the inscription was formed by an -ssemblage of stars; arthemius says that the letters were golden.
a philosophical dictionary, volume 10 (of 10) franois-marie arouet (aka voltaire)

this -ssemblage of evergreens was not, then, one of the bounties of nature; they had been planted.
bride of the mistletoe james lane allen

seating myself in one of its cane-bottomed seats, i glanced around on the -ssemblage.
the continental monthly, vol. 3 no 2, february 1863 various

what is your plan, and what do you want to do with this -ssemblage of people?
the middle cl-ss gentleman moliere

according to custom garland, clerk of the last house, called the -ssemblage to order and began the roll-call.
john quincy adams john. t. morse

noun
a number of things or persons -ssembled together; collection; -ssembly
a list of dishes served at a meal or the dishes themselves
the act or process of -ssembling or the state of being -ssembled
(ˌæsəmˈblɑːʒ). a three-dimensional work of art that combines various objects into an integrated whole
n.

c.1704, from french -ssemblage “gathering, -ssemblage,” from -ssembler (see -ssemble). earlier english words in the same sense include -ssemblement, -ssemblance (both late 15c.).
-ssemblage
(ə-sěm’blĭj)
a collection of artifacts from a single datable component of an archaeological site. depending on the site and culture, an -ssemblage may be -ssociated with a single limited activity, as with stone tools found at a butchering site, or may reflect a broad range of cultural life, as with artifacts found in a communal living site.