consign

To consign is defined as to hand over to someone else or to put in an undesirable place.

(verb)

See consign in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to hand over; give up or deliver: consigned to jail
to put in the care of another; entrust: consign the orphan to her uncle's care
to assign to an undesirable position or place; relegate: consigned to oblivion
to send or deliver, as goods to be sold

Origin: L consignare, to seal, register < com-, together + signare, to sign, mark < signum, sign

intransitive verb

Obsolete to agree or submit

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See consign in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb con·signed, con·sign·ing, con·signs

verb, transitive

To give over to the care of another; entrust.
To turn over permanently to another's charge or to a lasting condition; commit irrevocably: “Their desponding imaginations had already consigned him to a watery grave” (William Hickling Prescott).
To deliver (merchandise, for example) for custody or sale.
To set apart, as for a special use or purpose; assign. See Synonyms at commit.

verb, intransitive
Obsolete

To submit; consent.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English consignen, to certify by seal

Origin: , from Old French consigner

Origin: , from Latin cōnsignāre

Origin: : com-, intensive pref.; see com-

Origin: + signāre, to mark (from signum, mark; see sek^w-¹ in Indo-European roots)

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