Consign

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  • intransitive verb. To give over to the care or custody of another.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To put in or assign to an unfavorable place, position, or condition:
  • intransitive verb. To set apart, as for a special use or purpose; assign.
  • intransitive verb. To deliver (merchandise, for example) for custody or sale.
  • intransitive verb. To submit; consent.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 1. To impress, as or as if with a stamp or seal.
  • To give, send, or commit; relegate; make over; deliver into the possession of another or into a different state, implying subsequent fixedness or permanence: sometimes with over: as, at death the body is consigned to the grave.
  • To deliver or transfer, as a charge or trust; intrust; appoint.
  • In com., to transmit by carrier, in trust for sale or custody, usually implying agency in the consignee, but also used loosely of the act of transmitting by carrier to another for any purpose: as the goods were consigned to the London agent.
  • To put into a certain form or commit for permanent preservation.
  • To set apart; appropriate; apply.
  • = Svn. Intrust, Confide, etc. See commit.
  • To submit; surrender one's self; yield.
  • To agree, assent, or consent.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To give, transfer, or deliver, in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another, or into a different state, with the sense of fixedness in that state, or permanence of possession.
  • transitive verb. To give in charge; to commit; to intrust.
  • transitive verb. To send or address (by bill of lading or otherwise) to an agent or correspondent in another place, to be cared for or sold, or for the use of such correspondent.
  • transitive verb. To assign; to devote; to set apart.
  • transitive verb. To stamp or impress; to affect.
  • intransitive verb. To submit; to surrender or yield one's self.
  • intransitive verb. To yield consent; to agree; to acquiesce.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To transfer to the custody of, usually for sale, transport, or safekeeping.
  • verb. To entrust to the care of another.
  • verb. To send to a final destination.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. commit forever; commit irrevocably
  • verb. give over to another for care or safekeeping
  • verb. send to an address
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