Definitions for consign

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consign con·sign

Spelling: [kuh n-sahyn]

IPA: /kənˈsaɪn/

Consign is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 111 anagrams from letters in consign (cginnos).

Definitions for consign

verb (used with object)

1. to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit (often followed by to).
2. to transfer to another's custody or charge; entrust.
3. to set apart for or devote to (a special purpose or use):
4. to banish or set apart in one's mind; relegate:
5. Commerce. to ship, as by common carrier, especially for sale or custody. to address for such shipment.
6. Obsolete. to confirm or ratify, as with a seal or other token.

verb (used without object)

1. to agree or assent.
2. Obsolete. to yield or submit.

Origin of consign

1400-50; late Middle English; apparently (Middle French consigner) Medieval Latin consignāre to mark with sign of cross, Latin: to mark with a seal. See con-,

Examples for consign

Some one at Rieka most unfortunately had forgotten to consign the sugar.

And why would she consign herself to lame-duck status, even if two years from now that might be her intention?

That may be because it is the only state in the union which allows a simple 7-5 verdict by a jury to consign someone to death.

And to think that you, an Englishman, could consign your fellow-countrymen to such a fate as that!

With a voice thick with tears, Collins told Fajuri he had stopped performing in 2000 and it was time to consign the piece.

Only the Prime Minister himself, personally, can so consign a paper.

Her fourth born child, Brian, was diagnosed with nonverbal autism, but she refused to consign him to an institution.

He called upon the owner, and asked him to consign the ship to his house.

Ford may have been seeking a place in heaven, the Journal warned, but this action would more likely consign him to hell.

Dick has no such power over me as to consign me to misery everlasting.