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Definitions for: Consign
[v] give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your baggage"
[v] commit forever; commit irrevocably
[v] send to an address
Webster (1913) Definition: Con*sign", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Consigned 3; p. pr. &
vb. n. Consigning.] [F. consigner, L. consignare,
-signatu,, to seal or sign; con- + signare, fr. signum mark.
See Sign.]
1. 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; as, to consign the
body to the grave.
At the day of general account, good men are to be
consigned over to another state. --Atterbury.
2. To give in charge; to commit; to intrust.
Atrides, parting for the Trojan war, Consigned the
youthful consort to his care. --Pope.
The four evangelists consigned to writing that
history. --Addison.
3. (Com.) 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; as, to
consign a cargo or a ship; to consign goods.
4. To assign; to devote; to set apart.
The French commander consigned it to the use for
which it was intended by the donor. --Dryden.
5. To stamp or impress; to affect. [Obs.]
Consign my spirit with great fear. --Jer. Taylor.
Syn: To commit; deliver; intrust; resign. See Commit.
Con*sign", v. i.
1. To submit; to surrender or yield one's self. [Obs.]
All lovers young, all lovers must Consign to thee,
and come to dust. --Shak.
2. To yield consent; to agree; to acquiesce. [Obs.]
Augment or alter . . . And we'll consign thereto.
--Shak.
Synonyms: charge
See Also: abandon, check, commit, confide, deliver, entrust, hock, intrust, pawn, pledge, soak, trust
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