Found 2 items, similar to Assignation.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: assignation
assignation
n 1: a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers) [syn:
tryst]
2: the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning;
distribution according to a plan;
“the apportionment of
seats in the House of Representatives is based on the
relative population of each state” [syn:
allotment,
apportionment,
apportioning,
allocation,
parceling,
parcelling]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Assignation
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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