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assign

(/@/'s/aI/n )

A thing pertaining or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.(noun)

source: webster1913
A person to whom property or an interest is transferred; as, a deed to a man and his heirs and assigns.(noun)

source: webster1913

give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)(verb.social)

Synonym:
delegate, depute, designate

source: wordnet30
give out(verb.possession)

Example:
We were assigned new uniforms.

Synonym:
allot, portion

source: wordnet30
attribute or credit to(verb.cognition)

Synonym:
ascribe, attribute, impute

source: wordnet30
select something or someone for a specific purpose(verb.cognition)

Example:
The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise.

Synonym:
set apart, specify

source: wordnet30
attribute or give(verb.consumption)

Synonym:
put

source: wordnet30
make undue claims to having(verb.possession)

Synonym:
arrogate

source: wordnet30
transfer one's right to(verb.possession)

source: wordnet30
decide as to where something belongs in a scheme(verb.cognition)

Example:
The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class.

Synonym:
attribute

source: wordnet30
To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.(verb)

source: webster1913
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.(verb)

source: webster1913

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