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as⋅sign⋅a⋅ble

  [uh-sahy-nuh-buhl]
Use assignably in a Sentence
–adjective
1. capable of being specified: The word has no assignable meaning in our language.
2. capable of being attributed: This work is assignable to a 12th-century poet.
3. Law. capable of being assigned.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME; see assign, -able

Related forms:
as⋅sign⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
as⋅sign⋅a⋅bly, adverb
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as·sign   (ə-sīn')   
tr.v.   as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs

  1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection.

  2. To select for a duty or office; appoint: firefighters assigned to the city's industrial park.

  3. To give out as a task; allot: assigned homework to the class.

  4. To ascribe; attribute: sorted the rocks by assigning them to different categories. See Synonyms at attribute.

  5. Law To transfer (property, rights, or interests) from one to another.

  6. To place (a person or a military unit) under a specific command.

n.   Law
An assignee.

[Middle English assignen, from Old French assigner, from Latin assignāre : ad-, ad- + signāre, to mark (from signum, sign; see sekw-1 in Indo-European roots).]
as·sign'a·bil'i·ty n., as·sign'a·ble adj., as·sign'a·bly adv., as·sign'er n.
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