ASSIGN
\ɐsˈa͡ɪn], \ɐsˈaɪn], \ɐ_s_ˈaɪ_n]\
Definitions of ASSIGN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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make undue claims to having
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attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
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select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"
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transfer one's right to
By Princeton University
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make undue claims to having
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attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
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select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"
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transfer one's right to
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.
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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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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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A thing pertaining or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.
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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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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.
By Oddity Software
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To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.
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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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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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A thing pertaining or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.
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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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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.
By Noah Webster.
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To allot; to appoint; mark out; apportion; make over; fix; to set apart for a particular purpose; point out exactly; to transfer or make over to another, as for the benefit of creditors.
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One to whom property or interest is left or made over by will or deed; as, a deed to a man, his heirs, and assigns.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To sign or mark out to one: to allot: to appoint: to allege: to transfer.
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One to whom any property or right is made over.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To set apart; designate; appoint; allot; attribute.
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To make over, as property, to an assignee; make an assignment.
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A person to whom property, rights, or powers are transferred by another.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A person to whom property or an interest is, or may be, transferred; an assignee.
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To allot; to apportion; to fix, specify, or designate; to appoint; to transfer; to allege or show in particular; to point out.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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