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Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-sahyn
Phonetic Transcription : əˈsaɪn



Definition of assign

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Old French assiginer (13c.) "assign, set (a date, etc.); appoint legally; allot," from Latin assignare "to mark out, to allot by sign, assign, award," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + signare "make a sign," from signum "mark" (see sign). Main original use was in English law, in transferences of personal property. General meaning "to fix, settle, determine, appoint" is from c.1300. Related: Assigned; assigning.
  • verb select and give a responsibility
  • verb set apart for a reason
Example sentences :
  • With what cheerfulness will I assign over this envied estate!
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • It is perhaps too early to assign him his place in American literature.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • And if it be impossible to assign any, this will serve to confirm our suspicion.
  • Extract from : « An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding » by David Hume
  • I have met with the word in French authors, but never could assign any idea to it.
  • Extract from : « Joseph Andrews, Vol. 2 » by Henry Fielding
  • Between thirty and fifty years, it was impossible to assign an age to him.
  • Extract from : « Ramuntcho » by Pierre Loti
  • We see the effects of this irresolution, although we cannot assign a cause for it.
  • Extract from : « Reflections » by Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld
  • I imagine I ought to assign a reason for it, which seems pretty probable to me.
  • Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
  • Let us now assign the geometrical forms to their respective elements.
  • Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
  • How then, without a word of explanation, could Plato assign to them the refutation of their own tenets?
  • Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
  • And therefore the legislator must assign to these also their forms.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

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