What does "assignation" mean?
Assignation: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.A making over by transfer of title; assignment. House of assignation, a house in which appointments for sexual intercourse are fulfilled.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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