con|sign

con|sign: con|sign «kuhn SYN», transitive verb.

1. to hand over formally; deliver: »The thief was consigned to prison.
SYNONYM(S): entrust. See syn. under commit. (Cf. ↑commit)

2. to hand over to another for care or custody: »The parents consigned the child to its grandmother's care while they were away.
SYNONYM(S): entrust. See syn. under commit. (Cf. ↑commit)

3. a) to send; transmit: »We will consign the goods to him by express.
SYNONYM(S): deliver. b) to send goods to (an agent, etc.) for sale or custody.

4. to set apart; assign: »The room was consigned to the salesmen for a conference.

5. to send away; banish; relegate: »The discredited politician was consigned to a remote post. His ideas were consigned to oblivion.

6. Obsolete. to mark with the sign of the cross, as in baptism; confirm.

–v.i.

Obsolete. to yield; submit.

╂[< Middle French consigner, learned borrowing from Latin consignāre furnish with a seal < com- with + signum seal]

–con|sign´a|ble, adjective.

–con´sig|na´tion, noun.

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con|sign|ee — «KON sy NEE, sih », noun. a person or company to whom goods are consigned: »Shippers and consignees are cutting distribution costs by routing freight (Newsweek) … Useful english dictionary
con|sign|er — «kuhn SY nuhr», noun. = consignor. (Cf. ↑consignor) … Useful english dictionary
con|sign|or — «kuhn SY nuhr; KON sy NR, sih », noun. a person or company that consigns goods to another … Useful english dictionary
con|sign´a|ble — con|sign «kuhn SYN», transitive verb. 1. to hand over formally; deliver: »The thief was consigned to prison. SYNONYM(S): entrust. See syn. under commit. (Cf. ↑commit) 2. to hand over to another for care or custody: »The parents consigned the… … Useful english dictionary
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re|con|sign|ment — «REE kuhn SYN muhnt», noun. 1. the act of consigning again. 2. a change of destination during transportation … Useful english dictionary
re|con|sign — «REE kuhn SYN», transitive verb. to consign again: »Officials said 4,000 tons will be sold in the open market and the remainder will be reconsigned to the original suppliers (Wall Street Journal) … Useful english dictionary
con|sign|ment — … Useful english dictionary
con·sign·ment — /kənˈsaınmənt/ noun, pl ments 1 [count] : a quantity of goods that are sent to a person or place to be sold a consignment of books/goods/cars large consignments of grain 2 [noncount] : the act or process of sending goods to a person or place to… … Useful english dictionary
con — con·acre; con·cat·e·nate; con·cave; con·ceal·er; con·ceit; con·cen·trate; con·cen·tra·tor; con·cen·tric; con·cep·tual; con·cern; con·cern·ing; con·cert; con·cer·tante; con·cer·ti·na; con·ces·sion·ary; con·cha; con·cin·nate; con·com·i·tant;… … English syllables

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