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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
assign
v 1: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a
task to (a person) [syn: delegate, designate, depute,
assign]
2: give out; "We were assigned new uniforms" [syn: assign,
allot, portion]
3: attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to
Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats" [syn:
impute, ascribe, assign, attribute]
4: select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The
teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"
[syn: assign, specify, set apart]
5: attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last
statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The
teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the
story" [syn: put, assign]
6: make undue claims to having [syn: arrogate, assign]
7: transfer one's right to
8: decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The
biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class" [syn:
assign, attribute]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Assign \As*sign"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assigned; p. pr. & vb.
n. Assigning.] [OE. assignen, asignen, F. assigner, fr. L.
assignare; ad + signare to mark, mark out, designate, signum
mark, sign. See Sign.]
1. To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.
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In the order I assign to them. --Loudon.
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The man who could feel thus was worthy of a better
station than that in which his lot had been
assigned. --Southey.
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He assigned to his men their several posts.
--Prescott.
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2. To fix, specify, select, or designate; to point out
authoritatively or exactly; as, to assign a limit; to
assign counsel for a prisoner; to assign a day for trial.
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All as the dwarf the way to her assigned. --Spenser.
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It is not easy to assign a period more eventful.
--De Quincey.
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3. (Law) To transfer, or make over to another, esp. to
transfer to, and vest in, certain persons, called
assignees, for the benefit of creditors.
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To assign dower, to set out by metes and bounds the widow's
share or portion in an estate. --Kent.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Assign \As*sign"\, v. i. (Law)
To transfer or pass over property to another, whether for the
benefit of the assignee or of the assignor's creditors, or in
furtherance of some trust.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Assign \As*sign"\, n. [From Assign, v.]
A thing pertaining or belonging to something else; an
appurtenance. [Obs.]
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Six French rapiers and poniards, with their assigns, as
girdles, hangers, and so. --Shak.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Assign \As*sign"\, n. [See Assignee.] (Law)
A person to whom property or an interest is transferred; as,
a deed to a man and his heirs and assigns.
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Thesaurus Results for assign:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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