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Pronunciation : As`sig*na"tion
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. assignatio, fr. assignare: cf. F. assignation.]
Definition : 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.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913