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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Assignation \As`sig*na"tion\, n. [L. assignatio, fr assignare: cf F. assignation.] 1. The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment. This order being taken in the senate, as touching the appointment and assignation of those provinces. --Holland. 2. An appointment of time and place for meeting or interview; -- used chiefly of love interviews, and now commonly in a bad sense While nymphs take treats, or assignations give --Pope. 3. A making over by transfer of title; assignment. {House of assignation}, a house in which appointments for sexual intercourse are fulfilled. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: assignation n : a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers) [syn: {tryst}]
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