assation

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noun

Roasting, baking.

OriginFrench assation ← Latin assare →
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Meanings

nounassation (plural assations)

plural assations

  1. obsoleteRoasting, baking.

    Assation is a concoction of the inward moisture by heat; his opposite is semiustulation.

    1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York: New York Review Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 156

Origin

  1. Latinassare“to roast”
  2. Frenchassation
  3. Englishassation

From French assation, from Latin assare (“to roast”).

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “assation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assation.

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