assemblance

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an assembling, gathered collection, or assemblage; obsolete

   An assemblance of spectral shapes crowded the dreamer's sleep.

2. 2
   noun

   resemblance, likeness, or outward appearance; archaic

   The actor had the assemblance of a king but none of his authority.

Borrowed from Middle French assemblance. In its appearance sense it is closely tied to semblance; in its gathering sense it developed alongside assemble and assemblage. These forms ultimately reflect Latin words associated with likeness and togetherness. Assemblance is now obsolete outside historical or deliberately archaic writing.

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