assignv.

Brit.

/əˈsʌɪn/, U.S.

/əˈsaɪn/

Forms: Middle English–1500s assygn(e, Middle English–1600s assigne, Middle English a sign, asegne, asingne, Middle English–1500s assine, Middle English asyne, a-cyne, asigne, assyngne, Middle English–1500s assyng(e, 1500s assyne, asein, 1600s essign, Middle English– assign. apheticMiddle English syne.

Etymology: < Old French a(s)signe-r, a(s)siner, a(s)sene-r < Latin ad-, assignāre, < ad to + signāre to make a sign, < signum sign.

Prim. sign. To mark out to.

I. To allot, appoint, authoritatively determine.

1. transitive. To allot as a share, portion, or allowance (to); to appoint, apportion, make over.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > assign or allot

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1340 Alex. & Dind. 321 We han a sertaine somme asingned of ȝerus.

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 117 To every monthe..of signes twelve He hath..Assigned one in speciall.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. ii. 140 Assynging ilk ane propir houss and aucht.

1570 J. Phillip in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) II. 529 And vnto his elected churche A pleadge of loue assinde.

1587 R. Greene Penelopes Web sig. D2^v By syning want and pouertie thy share.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 231 The work which here God hath assign'd us.

1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 152 The most laborious services were assigned to the female.

1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 39 Has a small space for Garden-ground assign'd.

2. To transfer or formally make over to another. In modern English Law the appropriate word to express the transference of personal property (including chattels real), e.g. leaseholds, railway shares, furniture, as distinguished from real property.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > transfer [verb (transitive)]

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analy1405

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to make over1478

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transport1523

to put over1542

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design1573

pass1587

to set over1594

transfer1598

abalienate1646

attorn1649

demise1670

enure1736

to will away1773

divest1790

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 314 Wat thyng he adde assygned ys tueye bretheren al so.

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 82 Þei..þat occupien men toward her end a bout..assining of þer goodis.

1522 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 117 The residue of all my goodes..I assign to myn executors to pay dettes.

1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 39 He assigned the School to Aristaeus.

1748 S. Johnson in J. Boswell Life Johnson (1831) I. 167 I assign to him the right of copy of an Imitation of the Tenth Satire of Juvenal.

1862 W. F. Hook Lives Archbishops Canterbury II. ii. 88 Some land which had been newly assigned to the monastery.

3. To allot (a place) to a person; to appoint or set it apart for a purpose.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint > a place

appoint1393

assign1393

point?1405

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 10 But me was never assigned place.

1439 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 116 My body to be beryed..yn suche place as I haue assyngned.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy ii. 508 And he assignet hir a seite.

1622 in S. R. Gardiner Fortescue Papers (1871) 189 To have places assigned where your marchants might erect forts.

1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 135 I was assigned my place on a cushion on the floor.

1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. i. vii. 223 He assigned to his men their several posts.

a. To allot or appoint to a person (those that shall perform certain functions in relation to him).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > assign one with delegated authority [verb (transitive)]

assign1340

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 4189 Til hym sal assygned be A gude angelle.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 581 Þanne hadde þis menskful melior maydenes fele a-segned hire to serue.

1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. v. sig. s.i Unto them assygne not another confessour.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy iv. 1136 With a soume of soudiours assignet vs.

a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) i. 52 The Lords Assigned us five very worthy Lawyers.

1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. ii. 35 England will not long endure the rulers which these bad times have assigned her.

b. To make over a convict as an unpaid servant.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > imprison [verb (transitive)] > as an unpaid servant

assign1827

1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxviii. 188 Convict servants are now assigned on application being made for them in a printed form to the land board.

1837 J. D. Lang Hist. Acct. New S. Wales II. 31 The assigned servant of a respectable Scotch family residing near Sydney.

1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 138/2 Female convicts were assigned..in the capacity of domestic servants.

†5. To appoint authoritatively, prescribe (a course of action). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint

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c1485 Digby Myst. ii. 214 Make thi curse As I shall assyng the by myn aduysse.

1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. i. viii. f. xxviii They assigned him..what maner a miracle they wold haue him do.

?1550 R. Weaver Lusty Iuventus sig. B.i Thou must loue..thy neighbour as thy self, because he hath so assined.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 131 Simeon Sethi..assigneth them rather to be eaten in Winter time.

6. To appoint, designate, ordain, depute (a person) for an office, duty, or fate. Obsolete except in Law.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)]

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stevenOE

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to put ina1387

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to fill the hands of1535

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to bring ina1616

officea1616

constitute1616

impose1617

ascribe1624

install1647

to set up1685

prick1788

society > authority > delegated authority > investing with delegated authority > vest authority in a person [verb (transitive)] > commission to do something

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consign1705

detail1837

betask1857

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 502 He assigneth the bissop of Winchestre ther to.

c1470 Three 15th C. Chron. (1880) 72 The Duke of Exceter was syned for kepe the see ayenes the Erle of Warwike.

1489 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 81 I have assigneed my servant..to levy and receive such rents.

a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Aiv Assigning me To the altar.

1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 404. ¶7 They assign themselves to what they are not fit for.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 482 If the founder has appointed and assigned any other person to be visitor.

†7. To appoint, direct, send (a person) to a place; to consign. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > send (a person) > to a place as residence or sphere

assign1413

send1531

1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle v. xiv. 80 Assignyng his company, euerych in to his place.

1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Dv^v At length to bed to take a nap He fraighted, was assynde.

1611 Bible (King James) 2 Sam. xi. 16 He assigned Vriah vnto a place where hee knewe that valiant men were.

a. To fix, settle, determine, or authoritatively appoint (a time or temporal limit).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint > a time

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point?1405

statutec1430

c1305 St. Swithin in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 46 Hi assignede a dai þerto.

1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. liiij/1 The day of bataylle..was assygned on bothe partyes.

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 42 We would assigne God his tyme.

1708 J. Swift Predict. for 1708 7 In this Month likewise an Ambassador will dye in London, but I cannot assign the Day.

1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xvii. 202 A hell, to the duration of which no period is assigned.

†b. To fix the time and place of (a meeting).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)] > arrange

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engineer1831

1558 W. Forrest Hist. Grisild the Second (1875) 89 A Cowrte he assigned at Dunstaple, To whiche was summoned goode Grysilidis.

†9. To make an assignation or appointment with (a person) to do a thing. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)] > arrange > with a person

assign1470

1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur (1817) x. ii I assigne you to mete me in the medowe.

1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur (1816) I. 187 And there this night I had assigned my love and lady to have slept with me.

10. To determine, lay down as a thing ascertained.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > assure, make certain [verb (transitive)] > make firm, establish

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to lay down1493

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determinate1672

settle1733

to set at rest1826

definitize1876

cinch1900

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 93 Who all assign its Altitude to be but about 27 inches.

1790 Coll. Voy. round World IV. Introd. 1192 Who sailed round it, and assigned its true position.

1817 T. Chalmers Series Disc. Christian Revelation i. 31 Who shall assign a limit to the discoveries of future ages?

II. To point out, show.

11.

a. To point out exactly, designate, specify.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > make specific [verb (transitive)] > specify or state precisely

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1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. iv. 126 And til seynt Iames be souȝte þere I shal assigne.

1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. x. f. lxv^v Folke whom I neyther assigne bi name, nor as yet knowe not who they be.

1660 tr. I. Barrow Euclide's Elements i. 28 To draw a parallel CD to a right line given AB, through a point assigned C.

1714 H. Grove Spectator No. 601. ⁋2 I shall therefore endeavour to assign some of the principal Checks upon this generous Propension.

c1854 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine v. 251 The special locality which Jewish tradition has assigned for the place.

b. spec. in Law.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal proceedings [verb (transitive)] > specify or designate

assign1607

1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. E3/2 To assigne false iudgment..is, to declare how and where the iudgment is vniust... To assigne wast, is to shewe, wherein especially the wast is comitted.

†12. To exhibit, display, present. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > [verb (transitive)]

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to throw out1741

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1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum vi. xv The faderis herte is sore greuyd, yf eny rebelnesse is assignid [L. presentatur] in his children.

III. To ascribe, attribute.

13. To ascribe, attribute, or refer, as belonging to or originating in.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > inhere in or be an attribute of [verb (transitive)] > attribute or ascribe as an attribute

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?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Gj^v The memory of the hert..is assygned in the partye that is vnder the ioynt that is vnder the arme pytte.

1825 H. Smith Gaieties & Gravities I. 137 Tell us..To whom should we assign the Sphinx's fame.

1835 W. C. Macready Reminisc. I. 461 The various spots assigned to the words and actions of our Saviour.

1875 F. H. A. Scrivener 6 Lect. Text New Test. 9 Whose date may be assigned with certainty to the fourth and fifth centuries.

14. To ascribe (a reason) to or as accounting for anything.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > attribution or assignment of cause > assign to a cause [verb (transitive)]

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to score (something) on1645

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to put down1723

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place1802

to set down1822

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1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iv. vii. 246 Many good raisons that dyuine right assigneth thereto.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. IV. 383 Sundry reasons are assigned of Mr. Cartwright's silence.

1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. xxiv. 205 To justify my assigning that motive to his behaviour.

1792 J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (octavo ed.) I. v. 122 No reason can be assigned for the Queen of Hungary's refusing the terms.

15. To bring forward, allege, offer, suggest (something as a reason, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > attribution or assignment of cause > assign to a cause [verb (transitive)] > suggest a reason

assigna1665

a1665 J. Goodwin Πλήρωμα τὸ Πνευματικόv (1670) xv. 425 This is that which we now assign for a reason.

1780 W. Coxe Acct. Russ. Discov. 42 They assigned the insecurity of the roads as their reason for coming..by sea.

1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ i. §3 I cannot assign a supposition of forgery.

†IV. To confirm by signature; to sign.

16. [ < as- = a- prefix¹ + sign v.¹] To sign. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > personal identification > signature > sign (a document) [verb (transitive)]

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autographize1822

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1563 Abp. Sandys in J. Strype Ann. Reformation I. xxxv. 389 The bill..was..sent up in the docket to be assigned by the Queen.

1633 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures vi. 15 A safe conduct, written and assigned with thine own hand.

Draft additions June 2022

transitive. To attribute (a particular sex or gender) to a person or to classify (a person) as being a particular sex or gender, esp. on the basis of physiological or genetic characteristics at birth. Usually in passive.In early use chiefly in clinical contexts, e.g. where genital physiology is considered indeterminate or ambiguous. Later often in more general use, esp. when disparity exists between the sex registered at birth and an individual’s gender identity in later life.

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1969 W. E. Nelson et al. Textbk. Pediatrics (ed. 9) 1215 All were erroneously assigned male sex at birth, and each had normal female sex-chromosome complement.

1998 K. Bornstein My Gender Workbk. 49 Are your ‘gender’ chromosomes either XX if you were assigned female at birth, or XY if you were assigned male?

2011 National Public Radio (transcript of radio programme) (Nexis) 27 Apr. She may have been assigned male at birth, but what sort of medical intervention she may have had or not had is sort of irrelevant.

2019 A. Devor & A. Haefele-Thomas Transgender iv. 194 From a very early age, he knew that everyone had ‘got it wrong’ when they assigned him female at birth.

2021 @TheMonaGee 14 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 7 Dec. 2021) I am intersex, but I was assigned male.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	assign
释义	† assignn.¹ Etymology: see different senses. Obsolete. 1. Appointment, command. [ < assign v.] ΘΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] willeOE i-bodc888 bodea1000 hestc1000 bedec1175 bodewordc1175 device1307 commandmentc1386 assignment1393 hetec1394 commandinga1400 commissionc1400 willinga1425 mandament1442 behesting1582 command1611 assign1633 jussion1773 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island ii. xliii. 27 Soon as the gate opes by the Kings assigne. 2. A sign, portent. [ < sign n.; compare assign v. IV.] ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun] foretokenc888 tokeningc888 beaconc950 token971 handsela1200 boding1297 wonder1297 bodec1374 signa1387 foreboding1387 prenostica1393 prognosticc1425 prophetc1430 prognostication?a1439 ostentationa1450 prenostication?a1450 prodigy?a1450 augurationc1450 preparative1460 prenosticate?a1475 prenosticative?a1475 prodige1482 prenosticature1490 tokener1513 weird1513 show token1535 luck1538 prognosticate1541 preamble1548 proffer1548 presagition?c1550 foreshower1555 presage1560 portent1562 ostent1570 presagie1581 omen1582 presagement1586 luck sign1587 augury1588 prognosticon1588 forerunner1589 presager1591 halfner1594 spae1596 abode1598 oss1600 assign1601 augur1603 bodement1613 predictiona1616 prognosticala1618 bespeaker1624 portender1635 pre-indicant1659 foreshadow1834 boder1846 prognosticant1880 sky sign1880 1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Cviij^v To the Frenchmen, this assigne was sent, Disaster, fatall, inauspitious. 3. for design n. Π a1641 J. Finett Philoxenis (1656) 50 His so gracious notice and furtherance of their assignes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). assignn.² Brit. /əˈsʌɪn/, U.S. /əˈsaɪn/ Forms: Also Middle English–1600s assigne. Etymology: Middle English assigne (three syllables), < French assigné, past participle of assigner to assign v., has split into two forms in modern English assign and assignee . In the former, Middle English -e (like final -e from other sources) became mute in 15th cent., and disappeared in modern English. (Compare avow(e , French avoué < Latin advocātus ; costive , French costivé < Latin constipātus , etc.) In the latter, final -e was preserved through the influence of Law French, and was at length analogically written -ee . (Compare avowee , advowee , beside avow(e .) The 15th cent. assigne might represent either pronunciation, and belongs equally to assign and assignee . Compare assignee adj. and n. †1. One who is appointed to act for another, a deputy, agent, or representative; = assignee n. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > one who acts for another procuratorc1300 proctor1301 attorney1347 provisora1393 assignee1419 procuracya1425 solicitorc1425 factor1445 soliciter1464 doer1465 umbothman1482 agent1523 assign1526 procurera1533 practitioner1560 proxy1585 pragmatic1593 procureur1604 pragmatitioner1607 foreign agent1646 institor1657 agent general1659 proxy-man1696 interestera1701 maat1824 1526 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 224 Their servants, factors, or assignes. 1594 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie (1863) v. 413 [We] are but delegates or assignes to giue men possession of his graces. 1714 tr. French Bk. of Rates 31 As the Owner, or his Deputy, or Assign shall desire. 2. One to whom a property or right is legally transferred; = assignee n. 2. Esp. in the phrase heirs and assigns: see quot. 1865. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > [noun] > one to whom something is transferred assignc1450 assignee1467 seynea1500 alieneec1523 releaseea1612 resignee1611 relessee1682 resignatary1722 transferee1736 c1450 Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 24 To thyne heyres & assygnes alle-so. 1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes iii. f. 74 To him and his assignes for terme of life. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 200. ⁋ 11 Made payable to..her Assigns. 1845 J. Williams Princ. Law Real Prop. i. iii. 53 Thus, a purchaser from him in his lifetime, and a devisee under his will, are alike assigns in law. 1865 F. M. Nichols tr. Britton I. ii. xvi. 312 It was in favour of bastards that the word assigns [Fr. assignez] was first devised. †3. An appurtenance, a belonging. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > appurtenance(s) appurtenance1377 propertyc1390 depending1436 longingc1449 appurtenant1483 appertaininga1597 assign1604 appertainmenta1616 concerns1818 pertaining1869 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. ii. 114 Six French Rapiers and Poynards, with their assignes, as girdle, hanger and so. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). assignv. Brit. /əˈsʌɪn/, U.S. /əˈsaɪn/ Forms: Middle English–1500s assygn(e, Middle English–1600s assigne, Middle English a sign, asegne, asingne, Middle English–1500s assine, Middle English asyne, a-cyne, asigne, assyngne, Middle English–1500s assyng(e, 1500s assyne, asein, 1600s essign, Middle English– assign. apheticMiddle English syne. Etymology: < Old French a(s)signe-r, a(s)siner, a(s)sene-r < Latin ad-, assignāre, < ad to + signāre to make a sign, < signum sign. Prim. sign. To mark out to. I. To allot, appoint, authoritatively determine. 1. transitive. To allot as a share, portion, or allowance (to); to appoint, apportion, make over. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > assign or allot givec1050 bequeatha1325 ordaina1325 assign1340 sortc1374 sign1389 betakea1400 beteacha1400 remiss1525 allot1534 carve1578 divide1600 to set off1687 1340 Alex. & Dind. 321 We han a sertaine somme asingned of ȝerus. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 117 To every monthe..of signes twelve He hath..Assigned one in speciall. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. ii. 140 Assynging ilk ane propir houss and aucht. 1570 J. Phillip in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) II. 529 And vnto his elected churche A pleadge of loue assinde. 1587 R. Greene Penelopes Web sig. D2^v By syning want and pouertie thy share. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 231 The work which here God hath assign'd us. View more context for this quotation 1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 152 The most laborious services were assigned to the female. 1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 39 Has a small space for Garden-ground assign'd. 2. To transfer or formally make over to another. In modern English Law the appropriate word to express the transference of personal property (including chattels real), e.g. leaseholds, railway shares, furniture, as distinguished from real property. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > transfer [verb (transitive)] assign1297 bequeathc1305 alienc1400 analy1405 releasea1425 alienate?a1475 to make over1478 convey1495 transport1523 to put over1542 dispone?1548 design1573 pass1587 to set over1594 transfer1598 abalienate1646 attorn1649 demise1670 enure1736 to will away1773 divest1790 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 314 Wat thyng he adde assygned ys tueye bretheren al so. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 82 Þei..þat occupien men toward her end a bout..assining of þer goodis. 1522 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 117 The residue of all my goodes..I assign to myn executors to pay dettes. 1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 39 He assigned the School to Aristaeus. 1748 S. Johnson in J. Boswell Life Johnson (1831) I. 167 I assign to him the right of copy of an Imitation of the Tenth Satire of Juvenal. 1862 W. F. Hook Lives Archbishops Canterbury II. ii. 88 Some land which had been newly assigned to the monastery. 3. To allot (a place) to a person; to appoint or set it apart for a purpose. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint > a place appoint1393 assign1393 point?1405 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 10 But me was never assigned place. 1439 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 116 My body to be beryed..yn suche place as I haue assyngned. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy ii. 508 And he assignet hir a seite. 1622 in S. R. Gardiner Fortescue Papers (1871) 189 To have places assigned where your marchants might erect forts. 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 135 I was assigned my place on a cushion on the floor. 1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. i. vii. 223 He assigned to his men their several posts. 4. a. To allot or appoint to a person (those that shall perform certain functions in relation to him). ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > assign one with delegated authority [verb (transitive)] assign1340 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 4189 Til hym sal assygned be A gude angelle. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 581 Þanne hadde þis menskful melior maydenes fele a-segned hire to serue. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. v. sig. s.i Unto them assygne not another confessour. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy iv. 1136 With a soume of soudiours assignet vs. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) i. 52 The Lords Assigned us five very worthy Lawyers. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. ii. 35 England will not long endure the rulers which these bad times have assigned her. b. To make over a convict as an unpaid servant. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > imprison [verb (transitive)] > as an unpaid servant assign1827 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxviii. 188 Convict servants are now assigned on application being made for them in a printed form to the land board. 1837 J. D. Lang Hist. Acct. New S. Wales II. 31 The assigned servant of a respectable Scotch family residing near Sydney. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 138/2 Female convicts were assigned..in the capacity of domestic servants. †5. To appoint authoritatively, prescribe (a course of action). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint asetc885 teachc897 deemc900 ashapea1000 i-demeOE setc1000 shiftc1000 stevenOE redeOE willOE lookc1175 showc1175 stablea1300 devise1303 terminea1325 shapec1330 stightlea1375 determinec1384 judgea1387 sign1389 assize1393 statute1397 commanda1400 decree1399 yarka1400 writec1405 decreetc1425 rule1447 stallc1460 constitute1481 assignc1485 institute1485 prescribec1487 constitue1489 destinate1490 to lay down1493 make?a1513 call1523 plant1529 allot1532 stint1533 determ1535 appointa1538 destinec1540 prescrive1552 lot1560 fore-appoint1561 nominate1564 to set down1576 refer1590 sort1592 doom1594 fit1600 dictate1606 determinate1636 inordera1641 state1647 fix1660 direct1816 c1485 Digby Myst. ii. 214 Make thi curse As I shall assyng the by myn aduysse. 1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. i. viii. f. xxviii They assigned him..what maner a miracle they wold haue him do. ?1550 R. Weaver Lusty Iuventus sig. B.i Thou must loue..thy neighbour as thy self, because he hath so assined. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 131 Simeon Sethi..assigneth them rather to be eaten in Winter time. 6. To appoint, designate, ordain, depute (a person) for an office, duty, or fate. Obsolete except in Law. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)] setc1000 stevenOE assign1297 inseta1300 stable1300 ordaina1325 instituec1384 to put ina1387 limitc1405 point?1405 stablish1439 institutec1475 invest1489 assumec1503 to fill the hands of1535 establish1548 settle1548 appoint1557 place1563 assumptc1571 dispose1578 seat1595 state1604 instate1613 to bring ina1616 officea1616 constitute1616 impose1617 ascribe1624 install1647 to set up1685 prick1788 society > authority > delegated authority > investing with delegated authority > vest authority in a person [verb (transitive)] > commission to do something assign1297 chargec1300 ordainc1330 commita1402 limitc1405 commisea1470 task1530 taska1592 consign1705 detail1837 betask1857 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 502 He assigneth the bissop of Winchestre ther to. c1470 Three 15th C. Chron. (1880) 72 The Duke of Exceter was syned for kepe the see ayenes the Erle of Warwike. 1489 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 81 I have assigneed my servant..to levy and receive such rents. a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Aiv Assigning me To the altar. 1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 404. ¶7 They assign themselves to what they are not fit for. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 482 If the founder has appointed and assigned any other person to be visitor. †7. To appoint, direct, send (a person) to a place; to consign. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > send (a person) > to a place as residence or sphere assign1413 send1531 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle v. xiv. 80 Assignyng his company, euerych in to his place. 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Dv^v At length to bed to take a nap He fraighted, was assynde. 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Sam. xi. 16 He assigned Vriah vnto a place where hee knewe that valiant men were. View more context for this quotation 8. a. To fix, settle, determine, or authoritatively appoint (a time or temporal limit). ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint > a time assignc1305 appoint1393 point?1405 statutec1430 c1305 St. Swithin in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 46 Hi assignede a dai þerto. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. liiij/1 The day of bataylle..was assygned on bothe partyes. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 42 We would assigne God his tyme. 1708 J. Swift Predict. for 1708 7 In this Month likewise an Ambassador will dye in London, but I cannot assign the Day. 1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xvii. 202 A hell, to the duration of which no period is assigned. †b. To fix the time and place of (a meeting). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)] > arrange beteec1275 tailc1315 castc1320 ordaina1325 setc1330 tightc1330 accord1388 tailyec1480 assign1558 raise1652 settle1694 work1761 arrange1786 engineer1831 1558 W. Forrest Hist. Grisild the Second (1875) 89 A Cowrte he assigned at Dunstaple, To whiche was summoned goode Grysilidis. †9. To make an assignation or appointment with (a person) to do a thing. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)] > arrange > with a person assign1470 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur (1817) x. ii I assigne you to mete me in the medowe. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur (1816) I. 187 And there this night I had assigned my love and lady to have slept with me. 10. To determine, lay down as a thing ascertained. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > assure, make certain [verb (transitive)] > make firm, establish i-fastc950 tailc1315 terminea1325 foundc1394 stablish1447 terminate?a1475 tailyec1480 to lay down1493 ascertain1494 bishop1596 salve1596 pitch1610 assign1664 determinate1672 settle1733 to set at rest1826 definitize1876 cinch1900 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 93 Who all assign its Altitude to be but about 27 inches. 1790 Coll. Voy. round World IV. Introd. 1192 Who sailed round it, and assigned its true position. 1817 T. Chalmers Series Disc. Christian Revelation i. 31 Who shall assign a limit to the discoveries of future ages? II. To point out, show. 11. a. To point out exactly, designate, specify. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > make specific [verb (transitive)] > specify or state precisely notea1325 specifyc1340 definec1374 assign1377 expressc1400 stevenc1425 condescend1510 particulate1579 particularize1593 particular1605 specialize1616 specificate1649 individualize1655 designate1677 determinate1681 precise1793 precisionize1847 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. iv. 126 And til seynt Iames be souȝte þere I shal assigne. 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. x. f. lxv^v Folke whom I neyther assigne bi name, nor as yet knowe not who they be. 1660 tr. I. Barrow Euclide's Elements i. 28 To draw a parallel CD to a right line given AB, through a point assigned C. 1714 H. Grove Spectator No. 601. ⁋2 I shall therefore endeavour to assign some of the principal Checks upon this generous Propension. c1854 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine v. 251 The special locality which Jewish tradition has assigned for the place. b. spec. in Law. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal proceedings [verb (transitive)] > specify or designate assign1607 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. E3/2 To assigne false iudgment..is, to declare how and where the iudgment is vniust... To assigne wast, is to shewe, wherein especially the wast is comitted. †12. To exhibit, display, present. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > [verb (transitive)] uppec897 atewOE sutelec1000 openOE awnc1175 kithec1175 forthteec1200 tawnec1220 let witc1275 forthshowa1300 to pilt out?a1300 showa1300 barea1325 mythc1330 unfoldc1374 to open outc1390 assign1398 mustera1400 reyve?a1400 vouchc1400 manifest?a1425 outshowc1425 ostendc1429 explayc1443 objecta1500 reveala1500 patefy?1509 decipher1529 relieve1533 to set outa1540 utter1542 report1548 unbuckle1548 to set forth1551 demonstrate1553 to hold forth1560 testify1560 explicate1565 forthsetc1565 to give show of1567 denudec1572 exhibit1573 apparent1577 display?1578 carry1580 cipher1583 laya1586 foreshow1590 uncloud?1594 vision1594 explain1597 proclaim1597 unroll1598 discloud1600 remonstrate1601 resent1602 to bring out1608 palesate1613 pronounce1615 to speak out1623 elicit1641 confess1646 bear1657 breathe1667 outplay1702 to throw out1741 evolve1744 announce1781 develop1806 exfoliate1808 evince1829 exposit1882 pack1925 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum vi. xv The faderis herte is sore greuyd, yf eny rebelnesse is assignid [L. presentatur] in his children. III. To ascribe, attribute. 13. To ascribe, attribute, or refer, as belonging to or originating in. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > inhere in or be an attribute of [verb (transitive)] > attribute or ascribe as an attribute puta1382 applya1393 suppose?a1425 ascribec1475 attach?1531 attribute1533 adscribe1534 assign?1541 allude1561 repose1561 predicate1614 ?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Gj^v The memory of the hert..is assygned in the partye that is vnder the ioynt that is vnder the arme pytte. 1825 H. Smith Gaieties & Gravities I. 137 Tell us..To whom should we assign the Sphinx's fame. 1835 W. C. Macready Reminisc. I. 461 The various spots assigned to the words and actions of our Saviour. 1875 F. H. A. Scrivener 6 Lect. Text New Test. 9 Whose date may be assigned with certainty to the fourth and fifth centuries. 14. To ascribe (a reason) to or as accounting for anything. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > attribution or assignment of cause > assign to a cause [verb (transitive)] titleOE aretc1340 witena1375 witnea1375 reta1382 depute1382 wite1382 seta1387 layc1425 expoundc1430 imputec1480 attribue1481 assign1489 reckon1526 attribute1530 count1535 allot?1556 draw1578 object1613 prefer1628 entitle1629 implya1641 to score (something) on1645 intitule1651 put1722 to put down1723 charge1737 own1740 place1802 to set down1822 affiliate1823 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iv. vii. 246 Many good raisons that dyuine right assigneth thereto. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. IV. 383 Sundry reasons are assigned of Mr. Cartwright's silence. 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. xxiv. 205 To justify my assigning that motive to his behaviour. 1792 J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (octavo ed.) I. v. 122 No reason can be assigned for the Queen of Hungary's refusing the terms. 15. To bring forward, allege, offer, suggest (something as a reason, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > attribution or assignment of cause > assign to a cause [verb (transitive)] > suggest a reason assigna1665 a1665 J. Goodwin Πλήρωμα τὸ Πνευματικόv (1670) xv. 425 This is that which we now assign for a reason. 1780 W. Coxe Acct. Russ. Discov. 42 They assigned the insecurity of the roads as their reason for coming..by sea. 1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ i. §3 I cannot assign a supposition of forgery. †IV. To confirm by signature; to sign. 16. [ < as- = a- prefix¹ + sign v.¹] To sign. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > personal identification > signature > sign (a document) [verb (transitive)] sign1442 assign1563 underwrite1569 subsign1572 undersign1580 paragraph1601 style1619 side-sign1708 signature1766 re-sign1805 autographize1822 autograph1833 1563 Abp. Sandys in J. Strype Ann. Reformation I. xxxv. 389 The bill..was..sent up in the docket to be assigned by the Queen. 1633 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures vi. 15 A safe conduct, written and assigned with thine own hand. Draft additions June 2022 transitive. To attribute (a particular sex or gender) to a person or to classify (a person) as being a particular sex or gender, esp. on the basis of physiological or genetic characteristics at birth. Usually in passive.In early use chiefly in clinical contexts, e.g. where genital physiology is considered indeterminate or ambiguous. Later often in more general use, esp. when disparity exists between the sex registered at birth and an individual’s gender identity in later life. ΚΠ 1969 W. E. Nelson et al. Textbk. Pediatrics (ed. 9) 1215 All were erroneously assigned male sex at birth, and each had normal female sex-chromosome complement. 1998 K. Bornstein My Gender Workbk. 49 Are your ‘gender’ chromosomes either XX if you were assigned female at birth, or XY if you were assigned male? 2011 National Public Radio (transcript of radio programme) (Nexis) 27 Apr. She may have been assigned male at birth, but what sort of medical intervention she may have had or not had is sort of irrelevant. 2019 A. Devor & A. Haefele-Thomas Transgender iv. 194 From a very early age, he knew that everyone had ‘got it wrong’ when they assigned him female at birth. 2021 @TheMonaGee 14 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 7 Dec. 2021) I am intersex, but I was assigned male. 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