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assigneth

assigneth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of assign.

Meaning of assign

Verb

assign (third-person singular simple present assigns, present participle assigning, simple past and past participle assigned)

  1. (transitive) To designate or set apart (something) for some purpose.
    • to assign a day for trial
    Synonyms:
    allocate
  2. (transitive) To appoint or select (someone) for some office.
    • to assign counsel for a prisoner
  3. (transitive) To allot or give (something) as a task.
    • “I cannot do it, Sir !” was his reply. “I fire into their ranks, and that does as well ; but to single out one among them, and mark him for death, would lie upon my mind afterwards.” The man who could feel thus was worthy of a better station than that in which his lot had been assigned.1829, Robert Southey, Sir Thomas More: Or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society, volume I, London: John Murray, page 210
    Synonyms:
    commission
  4. (transitive) To attribute or sort (something) into categories.
    1. (transitive) To categorize (someone) as belonging to the male or female sex.
  5. (transitive) To transfer (property, a legal right, etc.) from one person to another.
    Synonyms:
    consign

See all 11 meanings of assign

Origin of assigneth

assign + -eth

Questions about assigneth

What is assigneth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Assigneth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of assign.

Words near assigneth in the dictionary

  1. assigneeship
  2. assigneeships
  3. assigner
  4. assigners
  5. assignest
  6. assigneth
  7. assigning
  8. assignment
  9. assignment operator
  10. assignment operators
  11. assignment problem

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