The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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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.
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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. (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.
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To assign; to devote; to set apart.
The French commander consigned it to the use for which it was intended by the donor.
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To stamp or impress; to affect. [Obs.]
Consign my spirit with great fear.
--Jer. Taylor.Syn: To commit; deliver; intrust; resign. See Commit.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of consign English)
Usage examples of "consigning".
The lives of everyone aboard the Enterprise rested in his hands, balanced against predicting the decision of a man who had been revered for his unpredictability, who had been perfectly capable of consigning a ship from the future to an endless fall in order to see his Enterprise survive.
The guarantee of survival at the cost of consigning a hero to death, before that hero could do the same to him.
He fought it down, cautioning himself that maybe the shogun, as a courtesy to the man who had served him well, merely planned to bestow a moment of attention on him before consigning him to oblivion thereafter.
Some were in favor of consigning you and your vessel to perdition, but Prophet Beasley thought you might be worthy of the kingdom of God.
Theodore, on the other hand, looked as if he were consigning Telerikh to the hottest pits of hell.
To him had fallen the task of consigning his father’s living body to the flames.