Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A roasting.

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  • noun obsolete Roasting, baking.

Etymologies

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

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Examples

  • Of this digestion there be three differences — maturation, elixation, assation.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

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