assign

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Etymology [edit]

Old French assigner

Verb [edit]

assign (third-person singular simple present assigns, present participle assigning, simple past and past participle assigned)

  1. (transitive) To designate or set apart something for some purpose.
  2. (transitive) To appoint or select someone for some office.
  3. (transitive) To allot or give something as a task.
  4. (transitive) To attribute or sort something into categories.
  5. (transitive) (law) To transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another.

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Noun [edit]

assign (plural assigns)

  1. An assignee.
  2. (obsolete) A thing relating or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.
    • Shakespeare
      Six French rapiers and poniards, with their assigns, as girdles, hangers, and so.