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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
consign
    v 1: commit forever; commit irrevocably
    2: give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your
       baggage" [syn: consign, charge]
    3: send to an address

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Consign \Con*sign"\, v. i.
   1. To submit; to surrender or yield one's self. [Obs.]
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            All lovers young, all lovers must
            Consign to thee, and come to dust.    --Shak.
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   2. To yield consent; to agree; to acquiesce. [Obs.]
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            Augment or alter . . .
            And we'll consign thereto.            --Shak.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Consign \Con*sign"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Consigned 3; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Consigning.] [F. consigner, L. consignare,
   -signatu,, to seal or sign; con- + signare, fr. signum mark.
   See Sign.]
   1. To give, transfer, or deliver, in a formal manner, as if
      by signing over into the possession of another, or into a
      different state, with the sense of fixedness in that
      state, or permanence of possession; as, to consign the
      body to the grave.
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            At the day of general account, good men are to be
            consigned over to another state.      --Atterbury.
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   2. To give in charge; to commit; to intrust.
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            Atrides, parting for the Trojan war,
            Consigned the youthful consort to his care. --Pope.
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            The four evangelists consigned to writing that
            history.                              --Addison.
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   3. (Com.) To send or address (by bill of lading or otherwise)
      to an agent or correspondent in another place, to be cared
      for or sold, or for the use of such correspondent; as, to
      consign a cargo or a ship; to consign goods.
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   4. To assign; to devote; to set apart.
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            The French commander consigned it to the use for
            which it was intended by the donor.   --Dryden.
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   5. To stamp or impress; to affect. [Obs.]
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            Consign my spirit with great fear.    --Jer. Taylor.

   Syn: To commit; deliver; intrust; resign. See Commit.
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Thesaurus Results for Consign:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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