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Definition of Consign

1. Verb. Commit forever; commit irrevocably.

2. Verb. Give over to another for care or safekeeping. "Consign your baggage"

3. Verb. Send to an address.

Definition of Consign

1. v. t. 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.

2. v. i. To submit; to surrender or yield one's self.

Definition of Consign

1. Verb. (transitive business) To transfer to the custody of, usually for sale, transport, or safekeeping. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To entrust to the care of another. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To send to a final destination. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Consign

1. to give over to another's care [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Consign

considered considerer considerers considerest considereth considerin' considering consideringly considers considre

considrest considreth consigliere consiglieres consiglieri consign (current term) consignable consignation consignations consignatories

consignatory consignature consigned consignee consignees consigner consigners consignificant consignification consignifications

Literary usage of Consign

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"For these rites consign "Turnus to none but me." Yet while he spoke, Behold, a winged arrow, hissing loud, The hero pierced; but what bold hand impelled Its ..."

2. The Works of Virgil by Virgil (1891)
"I know the cruel resentment of my subjects besets me round;" defend* me, I pray you, from this outrage, and to a grave consign me in partnership with my son ..."

3. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1850)
"... she had any places to dispose of, fit for persons of an academical education, ebe would herself consign such persons as she judged to be pares negotiis. ..."

4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1866)
"... or business which we, specially for the public interest or convenience, in cases of urgency, may deem proper to consign to it for an express decree. 4. ..."

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