Hypertext Webster Gateway: "assignation"

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) 1.7 (wn)

assignation
n : a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers) [syn: {tryst}]


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