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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.]
1. To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over
In the order I assign to them --Loudon.
The man who could feel thus was worthy of a better
station than that in which his lot had been
assigned. --Southey.
He assigned to his men their several posts.
--Prescott.
2. 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. --Spenser.
It is not easy to assign a period more eventful.
--De Quincey.
3. (Law) To transfer, or make over to another, esp. to
transfer to and vest in certain persons, called
assignees, for the benefit of creditors.
{To assign dower}, to set out by metes and bounds the widow's
share or portion in an estate. --Kent.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
assigned
adj : appointed to a post or duty; "assigned personnel"; "assigned
duties" [ant: {unassigned}]
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