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Assign

//əˈsaɪn// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun

1
An assignee.
"Scrooge knew he was dead ? Of course he did. How could it be otherwise ? Scrooge and he were partners for I don’t know how many years. Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary legatee, his sole friend and his sole mourner."
2
A thing relating or belonging to something else; an appurtenance. obsolete
"The King ſir hath wagerd with him ſix Barbary horſes, againgſt the which hee has impaund as I take it ſix French Rapiers and Poynards, with their aſſignes, as girdle, hanger and ſo."
3
An assignment or appointment. obsolete
4
A design or purpose. obsolete
"He aim’d at high designs, and so attain’d / The high assigns to which his spirit aim’d."

Verb

1
To designate or set apart (something) for some purpose. transitive
"to assign a day for trial"
2
select something or someone for a specific purpose wordnet
3
To appoint or select (someone) for some office. transitive
"to assign counsel for a prisoner"
4
attribute or credit to wordnet
5
To allot or give (something) as a task. transitive
"“I cannot do it, Sir !” was his reply. “I fire into their ranks, and that does as well ; but to single out one among them, and mark him for death, would lie upon my mind afterwards.” The man who could feel thus was worthy of a better station than that in which his lot had been assigned."

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6
decide as to where something belongs in a scheme wordnet
7
To attribute or sort (something) into categories. transitive
8
attribute or give wordnet
9
To attribute or sort (something) into categories.; To categorize (someone) as belonging to the male or female sex. transitive
10
transfer one's right to wordnet
11
To transfer (property, a legal right, etc.) from one person to another. transitive
12
give out wordnet
13
To give (a value) to a variable. transitive
"We assign 100 to x."
14
make undue claims to having wordnet
15
give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin signō Latin assignōlbor. Old French assignerbor. Middle English assignen English assign From Middle English assignen, from Old French assigner, asigner, from Latin assignō, from ad- + signō (“mark, sign”).

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