Home › Words › A › assationassationassation means roasting, baking.EtymologyFrom French assation, from Latin assare (“to roast”).nounRoasting, baking.e.g.“Assation is a concoction of the inward moisture by heat; his opposite is semiustulation.” — , Bk.I, New York, 2001, p.156Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.aroast 71% match — Roasting. vs assation →ustulation 66% match — An act of burning, especially roasting. vs assation →roasting 61% match — Very hot. vs assation →roasted 60% match — Cooked by roasting. vs assation →adustion 57% match — The act of burning, or heating to dryness; the state of being thus heated or dried. vs assation →assaying 57% match — A trial by assay. vs assation →bake 56% match — To cook using an oven, especially baked goods.; To cook (something) in an oven (for someone). vs assation →overroast 56% match — To roast too much. vs assation →