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Reassign

To assign back or again; to transfer back what has been assigned.

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Assign 76% connected

To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.

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Delegate 76% connected

Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.

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Depute 76% connected

To appoint as deputy or agent; to commission to act in one's place; to delegate.

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Designate 76% connected

Designated; appointed; chosen.

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Exchange 76% connected

The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain.

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Second 76% connected

Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other.

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Transfer 74% connected

To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one count…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Transfer 74% connected

To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one count…

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Transfer 92% connected

To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one count…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Allotment noun · 78% connection

That which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the act of God; anythin…

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Appanage noun · 78% connection

The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.

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Appropriable adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being appropriated, set apart, sequestered, or assigned exclusively to a particular use.

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Assignable adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being assigned, allotted, specified, or designated; as, an assignable note or bill; an assignable reason; an assignable qua…

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Assignment noun · 78% connection

A transfer of title or interest by writing, as of lease, bond, note, or bill of exchange; a transfer of the whole of some particular e…

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Auditorium noun · 78% connection

The part of a church, theater, or other public building, assigned to the audience.

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Back noun · 78% connection

The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back…

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Backplate noun · 78% connection

A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back.

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Cantonment noun · 78% connection

A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an…

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Chapelry noun · 78% connection

The territorial district legally assigned to a chapel.

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Colloquy noun · 78% connection

In some American colleges, a part in exhibitions, assigned for a certain scholarship rank; a designation of rank in collegiate scholar…

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Convey verb · 78% connection

To transfer or deliver to another; to make over, as property; more strictly (Law), to transfer (real estate) or pass (a title to real…

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Date noun · 78% connection

Assigned end; conclusion.

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Default noun · 78% connection

A neglect of, or failure to take, some step necessary to secure the benefit of law, as a failure to appear in court at a day assigned,…

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Designator noun · 78% connection

An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies.

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Dorsiferous unknown · 78% connection

Bearing, or producing, on the back; -- applied to ferns which produce seeds on the back of the leaf, and to certain Batrachia, the ova…

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Exponentiation noun · 78% connection

the process of raising a quantity to some assigned power

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Function noun · 78% connection

The natural or assigned action of any power or faculty, as of the soul, or of the intellect; the exertion of an energy of some determi…

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