\As`sig*na"tion\, n. [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.