assignation

noun

Etymology: From Middle English assignacioun, from Old French assignacion, from Latin assīgnātiō.

1. An appointment for a meeting, generally of a romantic or sexual nature.

   “While nymphs take treats, or assignations give.”

   “As soon as Mr. Barville saw me, he got up, with a visible air of pleasure and surprize, and saluting me, asked Mrs. Cole if it was possible that so fine and delicate a creature would voluntarily submit to such sufferings and rigours as were the subject of his assignation.”

2. The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.

   “This order being taken in the senate, as touching the appointment and assignation of those provinces.”

3. A making over by transfer of title; assignment.