Assignation \As`sig*na"tion\, n. [L. assignatio, fr. assignare:
   cf. F. assignation.]
   1. The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.
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            This order being taken in the senate, as touching
            the appointment and assignation of those provinces.
                                                  --Holland.
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   2. An appointment of time and place for meeting or interview;
      -- used chiefly of love interviews, and now commonly in a
      bad sense.
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            While nymphs take treats, or assignations give.
                                                  --Pope.
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   3. A making over by transfer of title; assignment.
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   House of assignation, a house in which appointments for
      sexual intercourse are fulfilled.
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