| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | con·sign |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k n-s n |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: con·signed, con·sign·ing, con·signs
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To give over to the care of another; entrust. 2. To turn over permanently to another's charge or to a lasting condition; commit irrevocably: “Their desponding imaginations had already consigned him to a watery grave” (William Hickling Prescott). 3. To deliver (merchandise, for example) for custody or sale. 4. To set apart, as for a special use or purpose; assign. See synonyms at commit. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Obsolete To submit; consent. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English consignen, to certify by seal, from Old French consigner, from Latin c nsign re : com-, intensive pref.; see com– + signre, to mark (from signum, mark; see sekw-1 in Appendix I). | | OTHER FORMS: | con·signa·ble —ADJECTIVE
con sig·nation (k ns-nshn, -s g-) —NOUN
con·signor, con·signer —NOUN
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