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2 definitions found 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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