Etymology : Middle English, from Old French assigner, from Latin assignare, from ad- + signare to mark, from signum mark, sign
Pronunciation : &-sIn
Function : transitive verb
Date : 13th century
1. allot, apportion; appoint; (Law) transfer one's (right, property, agreement, interest) to. 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.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.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.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.].
2. to appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over. in the order i assign to them. the man who could feel thus was worthy of a better station than that in which his lot had been assigned. he assigned to his men their several posts.
3. 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. it is not easy to assign a period more eventful.
4. (law) to transfer, or make over to another, esp. to transfer to, and vest in, certain persons, called assignees, for the benefit of creditors.
5. To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.
6. 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.
7. To transfer, or make over to another, esp. to transfer to, and vest in, certain persons, called assignees, for the benefit of creditors.
8. A thing pertaining or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.
9. A person to whom property or an interest is transferred; as, a deed to a man and his heirs and assigns.
10. 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. select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise" decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class" transfer one's right to give out or allot; "We were assigned new uniforms".
11. 1. If you assign a piece of work to someone, you give them the work to do. When I taught, I would assign a topic to children which they would write about Later in the year, she'll assign them research papers When teachers assign homework, students usually feel an obligation to do it.
12. If you assign something to someone, you say that it is for their use. The selling broker is then required to assign a portion of the commission to the buyer broker He assigned her all his land in Ireland. = allocate.
13. If someone is assigned to a particular place, group, or person, they are sent there, usually in order to work at that place or for that person. I was assigned to Troop A of the 10th Cavalry Did you choose Russia or were you simply assigned there? Each of us was assigned a minder, someone who looked after us.
14. If you assign a particular function or value to someone or something, you say they have it. Under Mr. Harel's system, each business must assign a value to each job Assign the letters of the alphabet their numerical values--A equals 1, B equals 2, etc.
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