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Webster 1913 Edition
Assign
As-sign′
,Verb.
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.
As-sign′
,Noun.
[From ]
Assign
, Verb.
A thing pertaining or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.
[Obs.]
Six French rapiers and poniards, with their
assigns
, as girdles, hangers, and so. Shakespeare
As-sign′
,Noun.
[See
Assignee
.] (Law)
A person to whom property or an interest is transferred;
as, a deed to a man and his heirs and
. assigns
Webster 1828 Edition
Assign
ASSI'GN
,Verb.
T.
1.
To allot; to appoint or grant by distribution or apportionment.The priests had a portion assigned them. Gen. 47.
2.
To designate or appoint for a particular purpose.They assigned Bezer, a city of refuge. Josh. 20.
3.
To fix, specify or designate; as an assigned quantity.4.
To make or set over; to transfer, sell or convey, by writing, as by indorsing a note, or by any writing on a separate paper.5.
To allege or show in particular; as, to assign a reason for one's conduct.6.
In law, to show or set forth with particularity; as, to assign error in a writ; to assign false judgment.ASSI'GN
,Noun.