[kuh
n-sahyn] 
| 1. | to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit (often fol. by to). |
| 2. | to transfer to another's custody or charge; entrust. |
| 3. | to set apart for or devote to (a special purpose or use): to consign two afternoons a week to the club. |
| 4. | to banish or set apart in one's mind; relegate: to consign unpleasant thoughts to oblivion. |
| 5. | Commerce.
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| 6. | Obsolete. to confirm or ratify, as with a seal or other token. |
| 7. | to agree or assent. |
| 8. | Obsolete. to yield or submit. |
| con·sign (kən-sīn') v. con·signed, con·sign·ing, con·signs v. tr.
To submit; consent. [Middle English consignen, to certify by seal, from Old French consigner, from Latin cōnsignāre : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + signāre, to mark (from signum, mark; see sekw-1 in Indo-European roots).] con·sign'a·ble adj., con'sig·na'tion (kŏn'sī-nā'shən, -sĭg-) n., con·sig'nor, con·sign'er n. |