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Webster 1913 Edition
Assignation
Asˊsig-na′tion
,Noun.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Assignation
ASSIGNA'TION
,Noun.
1.
An appointment of time and place for meeting; used chiefly of love-meetings.2.
A making over by transfer of title. [See Assignment.]3.
In Russia, a public note or bank bill; paper currency.