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as·sign
I. \əˈsīn also aˈ-\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English assignen, from Old French assigner, from Latin assignare, adsignare, from ad- + signare to mark, mark out, designate — more at sign
1. : to transfer to another in writing (one's title to or interest in property, especially intangible property)
< assign a bond by an endorsement >
specifically : to transfer (property) to another in trust or for the benefit of creditors
< the bankrupt must also assign all of his patents to the receiver >
2.
a. : to appoint (one) to a post or duty
< she was assigned to the laboratory and school — Current Biography >
< though assigned only menial tasks — B.L.Robinson >
specifically : to order (an individual or unit) to serve more or less permanently as an organic member of a particular military organization — distinguished from attach
b. : prescribe
< carbines are assigned for guard duty >
< the teacher assigned the next 20 pages of the text >
3. : specify, select, designate : fix authoritatively or exactly
< assign a limit >
< assign counsel >
< assign a day for trial >
4.
a. : to give, adduce, or allege by way of explanation or cause especially after deliberation
< financial difficulties … were assigned as the probable cause of his suicide — G.S.Bryan >
b. : to think of after deliberation as characterizing or being possessed as indicated : allot, endow
< by assigning to a nation energy and honesty as its chief spiritual characteristics — Matthew Arnold >
c. : to regard as done by or during : reckon as composed, made, or executed as indicated
< the temple of Baal Lebanon, which is assigned to the eleventh century B.C. — Edward Clodd >
5. archaic : to point out : show
< the dwarf the way to her assigned — Edmund Spenser >
Synonyms: see allot, ascribe, prescribe
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English assigne, from Middle French assigné — more at assignee
1. : assignee b
2. obsolete : assignee a |