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. [1913 Webster]

In the order I assign to them. --Loudon. [1913 Webster]

The man who could feel thus was worthy of a better station than that in which his lot had been assigned. --Southey. [1913 Webster]

He assigned to his men their several posts. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

All as the dwarf the way to her assigned. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

It is not easy to assign a period more eventful. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

To assign dower, to set out by metes and bounds the widow's share or portion in an estate. --Kent. [1913 Webster]

Source: 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.]

Source: 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.]

[1913 Webster]

Six French rapiers and poniards, with their assigns, as girdles, hangers, and so. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Source: 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. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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assign

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

In the order I assign to them. --Loudon.

The man who could feel thus was worthy of a better station than that in which his lot had been assigned. --Southey.

He assigned to his men their several posts. --Prescott.

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.

All as the dwarf the way to her assigned. --Spenser.

It is not easy to assign a period more eventful. --De Quincey.

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.

To assign dower, to set out by metes and bounds the widow's share or portion in an estate. --Kent.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Assign \As*sign"\, n. [From Assign, v.]

A thing pertaining or belonging to something else; an appurtenance. [Obs.]

Six French rapiers and poniards, with their assigns, as girdles, hangers, and so. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)