The act or process of roasting meat on a spit.
From assate + -ion (Latin suffix forming nouns of action). This noun form developed from the verb assate in Middle English legal and culinary documents.
Assation appears in medieval guild records documenting cooking techniques—it's one of those words that reveals how seriously ancient societies categorized and named their food preparation methods.
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