assigns
assigns is the plural of assign.
assigns is the third-person singular simple present indicative of assign.
Meaning of assign
Noun
assign (plural assigns)
- An assignee.
- Scrooge knew he was dead ? Of course he did. How could it be otherwise ? Scrooge and he were partners for I don’t know how many years. Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary legatee, his sole friend and his sole mourner.1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave I. Marley’s Ghost.”, in A Christmas Carol. […], London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 2
- A thing relating or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.
- The King ſir hath wagerd with him ſix Barbary horſes, againgſt the which hee has impaund as I take it ſix French Rapiers and Poynards, with their aſſignes, as girdle, hanger and ſo.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604...
- An assignment or appointment.
- A design or purpose.
- He aim’d at high designs, and so attain’d / The high assigns to which his spirit aim’d.1609, John Ford, “Fame's Memorial: An Elegy upon the Earl of Devonshire”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 9
Questions about assigns
- What is assigns the plural of?
- Assigns is the plural of assign.
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