1. Verb
To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.
2. Verb
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.
3. Verb
To transfer, or make over to another, esp. to transfer to, and vest in, certain persons, called assignees, for the benefit of creditors.
4. Verb
A thing pertaining or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.
5. Noun
A person to whom property or an interest is transferred; as, a deed to a man and his heirs and assigns.
6. Verb
attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary
7. Verb
decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"
Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary
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