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consignconsign /kənˈsaɪn/ verb [transitive] formal ETYMOLOGYconsignOrigin: 1400-1500 French consigner, from Latin consignare, from com- ( ➔ COM-) + signum mark, seal VERB TABLEconsign |
Present | I, you, we, they | consign | | he, she, it | consigns | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | consigned | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have consigned | | he, she, it | has consigned | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had consigned | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will consign | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have consigned |
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Present | I | am consigning | | he, she, it | is consigning | | you, we, they | are consigning | Past | I, he, she, it | was consigning | | you, we, they | were consigning | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been consigning | | he, she, it | has been consigning | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been consigning | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be consigning | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been consigning |
1to make someone or something be in a particular situation, especially a bad one: consign somebody/something to something After being voted out of office, he was consigned to political obscurity.2to put someone or something somewhere, especially in order to get rid of him or her: consign somebody/something to something She consigned the letter to the trash.3to send or deliver something to someone who has bought it |