- (v.t.) To fix, specify, select or designate; to point out authoritatively or exactly; as, to assign a limit; to assign counsel for a prisoner; to assign a day for trial.
- (v.) A thing pertaining or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.
- (v.t.) To transfer or make over to another, especially to transfer to, and vest in, certain persons, called assignees, for the benefit of creditors.
- (v.t.) To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.
- (n.) A person to whom property or an interest is transferred; as, a deed to a man and his heirs and assigns.
- (v.i.) To transfer or pass over property to another, whether for the benefit of the assignee or of the assignor's creditors or in furtherance of some trust.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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