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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: assign v 1: give an assignment to (a person) to a post or assign a task to (a person) [syn: {delegate}, {designate}, {depute}] 2: give out "We were assigned new uniforms" [syn: {allot}, {portion}] 3: attribute to a source or cause "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare" [syn: {impute}, {ascribe}, {attribute}] 4: select something or someone for a specific purpose [syn: {specify}, {set apart}] 5: put something on or into (abstractly) assign; ; "She put much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story" [syn: {put}] 6: make undue claims to having [syn: {arrogate}, {ascribe}] 7: transfer one's right to
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