'Consign' definitions:
Definition of 'consign'
From: WordNet
verb
Commit forever; commit irrevocably
verb
Give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your baggage" [syn: consign, charge]
verb
Send to an address
Definition of 'Consign'
From: GCIDE
- Consign \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. [1913 Webster]
- At the day of general account, good men are to be consigned over to another state. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To give in charge; to commit; to intrust. [1913 Webster]
- Atrides, parting for the Trojan war, Consigned the youthful consort to his care. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- The four evangelists consigned to writing that history. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To assign; to devote; to set apart. [1913 Webster]
- The French commander consigned it to the use for which it was intended by the donor. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To stamp or impress; to affect. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Consign my spirit with great fear. --Jer. Taylor.
- Syn: To commit; deliver; intrust; resign. See Commit. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Consign'
From: GCIDE
- Consign \Con*sign"\, v. i.
- 1. To submit; to surrender or yield one's self. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- All lovers young, all lovers must Consign to thee, and come to dust. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To yield consent; to agree; to acquiesce. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Augment or alter . . . And we'll consign thereto. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'consign'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abalienate,
- accredit,
- address,
- air-express,
- airfreight,
- airmail,
- alien,
- alienate,
- amortize,
- assign,
- authorize,
- barter,
- bequeath,
- carry over,
- cede,
- charge,
- charter,
- commend,
- commission,
- commit,
- commit to prison,
- communicate,
- confer,
- confide,
- convey,
- deed,
- deed over,
- delegate,
- deliver,
- demise,
- deport,
- depute,
- deputize,
- detach,
- detail,
- devolute,
- devolve,
- devolve upon,
- diffuse,
- dispatch,
- disseminate,
- drop a letter,
- embark,
- empower,
- enfeoff,
- entrust,
- exchange,
- expedite,
- expel,
- export,
- express,
- extradite,
- forward,
- freight,
- give,
- give in charge,
- give in trust,
- give title to,
- hand,
- hand down,
- hand forward,
- hand on,
- hand over,
- impart,
- import,
- infeudate,
- institutionalize,
- license,
- mail,
- make over,
- metastasize,
- metathesize,
- mission,
- negotiate,
- pass,
- pass on,
- pass over,
- pass the buck,
- perfuse,
- post,
- recommit,
- relay,
- relegate,
- remand,
- remit,
- resign,
- route,
- sell,
- send,
- send away,
- send forth,
- send off,
- send out,
- send to jail,
- send up,
- settle,
- settle on,
- ship,
- sign away,
- sign over,
- spread,
- surrender,
- switch,
- trade,
- transfer,
- transfer property,
- transfuse,
- translate,
- translocate,
- transmit,
- transplace,
- transplant,
- transpose,
- trust,
- turn over,
- warrant,
- yield