Consign

[kən'saɪn]

Definition

(verb.) give over to another for care or safekeeping; 'consign your baggage'.

(verb.) commit forever; commit irrevocably.

(verb.) send to an address.

Checker: Merle--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To give in charge; to commit; to intrust.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To assign; to devote; to set apart.

(v. t.) To stamp or impress; to affect.

(v. i.) To submit; to surrender or yield one's self.

(v. i.) To yield consent; to agree; to acquiesce.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Transfer, alienate, abalienate, demise, devolve, convey, deliver over, make over, hand over.[2]. Intrust, commit, give in trust.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

[See ASSIGN]

Checker: Willa

Definition

v.t. to give to another: to sign or seal: to transfer: to entrust: to commit: to transmit for sale or custody.—adj. Consign′able.—ns. Consignā′tion; Consig′natory one who signs a document jointly.—adj. Consigned′ given in trust.—ns. Consig′nature complete signature: joint signing; Consignee′ one to whom anything is consigned or entrusted; Consign′er Consign′or; Consign′ment the act of consigning: the thing consigned: the writing by which anything is made over: in Mercantile Law goods placed in the hands of an agent or factor for sale or for some other specified purpose.

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Examples

Checker: Lucille

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