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verb (used with object)
1.
to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit (often followed 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.
EXPANDCommerce.
a.
to ship, as by common carrier, especially for sale or custody.
b.
to address for such shipment.
6.
COLLAPSEObsolete. to confirm or ratify, as with a seal or other token.
verb (used without object)
7.
to agree or assent.
8.
Obsolete. to yield or submit.
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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English; apparently (< Middle French consigner) < Medieval Latin consignāre to mark with sign of cross, Latin: to mark with a seal. See con-, sign
1400–50; late Middle English; apparently (< Middle French consigner) < Medieval Latin consignāre to mark with sign of cross, Latin: to mark with a seal. See con-, sign
Related forms
con·sign·a·ble, adjective
pre·con·sign, verb (used with object)
re·con·sign, verb (used with object)
un·con·sign·a·ble, adjective
EXPANDun·con·signed, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. relegate, assign. 2. confide.
1. relegate, assign. 2. confide.
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Word Origin & History
consign
c.1430, from M.Fr. consigner, from L. consignare "to seal, register," originally "to mark with a sign," from com- "together" + signare "to sign, mark," from signum "sign." Originally "to ratify by a sign or seal;" commercial sense is from 1650s. Related: Consignee (1789); consignor (1789).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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