Definition of: assign

(a·sīn′) v.t.
1. To set apart, as for a particular function; designate.
2. To appoint or station: to assign a soldier to a post.
3. To allot: to assign a share to a participant.
4. To ascribe or attribute: to assign a date to an event.
5. Law To make over or transfer, as personal property, to another.
6. Mil. To allocate, as personnel, units or materiel, to a military unit as an integral unit thereof: distinguished from attach. See synonyms under ALLEGE, ALLOT, APPORTION, ATTRIBUTE, COMMIT, SET.
—noun Law Usually plural Assignee. [<OF as(s)igner <L assignare <ad- to + signare make a sign <signum sign]

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