consign

[ kuhn-sahyn ]

/ kənˈsaɪn /

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verb (used with object)

to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit (often followed byto).

to transfer to another's custody or charge; entrust.

to set apart for or devote to (a special purpose or use): to consign two afternoons a week to the club.

to banish or set apart in one's mind; relegate: to consign unpleasant thoughts to oblivion.

Commerce.

to ship, as by common carrier, especially for sale or custody.
to address for such shipment.

Obsolete. to confirm or ratify, as with a seal or other token.

verb (used without object)

to agree or assent.

Obsolete. to yield or submit.

OTHER WORDS FOR consign

1 relegate, assign.

2 confide.

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Origin of consign

1400–50; late Middle English; apparently (<Middle French consigner) <Medieval Latin consignāre to mark with sign of cross, Latin: to mark with a seal. See con-, sign

OTHER WORDS FROM consign

con·sign·a·ble, adjectivecon·sig·na·tion

[kon-sig-ney-shuhn], /ˌkɒn sɪgˈneɪ ʃən/, nounpre·con·sign, verb (used with object)re·con·sign, verb (used with object)

un·con·sign·a·ble, adjectiveun·con·signed, adjective

Words nearby consign

considerate, consideration, considered, considering, consigliere, consign, consignee, consignment, consignment store, consignor, consist

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How to use consign in a sentence

Many of the museum’s most prized holdings were consigned to storage.
Irina Antonova, grande dame of Russian cultural life, dies at 98|Emily Langer|December 4, 2020|Washington Post
It’s not the first time Nokia’s marketers have taken on more of the work usually consigned to agencies.
‘Find operational efficiencies’: Nokia’s handset marketers adopt hybrid model in pursuit of smartphone marketshare|Seb Joseph|December 3, 2020|Digiday
In an ideal world, his small business would run out of customers and be consigned to history.
He’s Helping Wounded Warriors Game Again|Fiona Zublin|November 27, 2020|Ozy
However, given Google’s existence, that model will probably consign Neeva to permanent niche-player status.
Does the Google antitrust case make an Apple search engine more likely?|Greg Sterling|October 28, 2020|Search Engine Land

Some of the more than 2,000 items will be consigned by The RealReal’s customers, but Gucci is supplying products as well.
Luxury labels like Gucci are taking notice of the booming secondhand market|Marc Bain|October 5, 2020|Quartz
With a voice thick with tears, Collins told Fajuri he had stopped performing in 2000 and it was time to consign the piece.
Get a Piece of Houdini Before He Disappears|Nina Strochlic|August 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That may be because it is the only state in the union which allows a simple 7-5 verdict by a jury to consign someone to death.
Florida Drags Down U.S. on Amnesty International’s Global Death Penalty Report|Nico Hines|March 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Her fourth born child, Brian, was diagnosed with nonverbal autism, but she refused to consign him to an institution.
Remembering Ma Laureys, the Mother of 10 Christie Slandered to Win His First Election|Michael Daly|January 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Ford may have been seeking a place in heaven, the Journal warned, but this action would more likely consign him to hell.
Henry Ford Understood That Raising Wages Would Bring Him More Profit|Daniel Gross|January 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And why would she consign herself to lame-duck status, even if two years from now that might be her intention?
Nancy Pelosi Decides to Stay as Democratic Leader, Maps Out Women’s Future|Eleanor Clift|November 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A gentleman does not call his opponents vipers and consign them to hell, but Jahveh is not under any such obligations.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
You will not consign him to the spot to which the attorney-general invites you to surrender him.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
This is the fate to which emancipation would consign the Negro.
The Right of American Slavery|True Worthy Hoit
In this way does a lazy world consign discussion to silence with the cynical closure.
Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete|George Meredith
The sudden change from the lowest depths of woe to a state of ecstacy, would consign him to the tenement you have just quitted.
The Portland Sketch Book|Various

British Dictionary definitions for consign

consign

/ (kənˈsaɪn) /

verb (mainly tr)

to hand over or give into the care or charge of another; entrust

to commit irrevocablyhe consigned the papers to the flames

to commit for admittanceto consign someone to jail

to address or deliver (goods) for sale, disposal, etcit was consigned to his London address

(intr) obsolete to assent; agree

Derived forms of consign

consignable, adjectiveconsignation, noun

Word Origin for consign

C15: from Old French consigner, from Latin consignāre to put one's seal to, sign, from signum mark, sign

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