Definition of Consign

Consign

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.

To give in charge; to commit; to intrust.

To send or address (by bill of lading or otherwise) to an agent or correspondent in another place, to be cared for or sold, or for the use of such correspondent; as, to consign a cargo or a ship; to consign goods.

To assign; to devote; to set apart.

To stamp or impress; to affect.

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

To yield consent; to agree; to acquiesce.

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Consign Quotations

Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere.
Paulo Coelho

To pin your hopes upon the future is to consign those hopes to a hypothesis, which is to say, a nothingness. Here and now is what we must contend with.
Angela Carter

I refuse to consign the whole male sex to the nursery. I insist on believing that some men are my equals.
Brigid Brophy

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Consign Translations

consign in French is consignent, consignez, consignons

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