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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- consign [kən'saɪn]
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1.
vb
[mainly tr]
to hand over or give into the care or charge of another; entrust
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2.
vb
to commit irrevocably
- he consigned the papers to the flames
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3.
vb
to commit for admittance
- to consign someone to jail
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4.
vb
to address or deliver (goods) for sale, disposal, etc
- it was consigned to his London address
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5.
vi.
[intr]
[obsolete]
to assent; agree
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6.
vi.
[Etymology]
C15: from Old French consigner, from Latin consign
a re to put one's seal to, sign, from signum mark,sign
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1.
vb
[mainly tr]
to hand over or give into the care or charge of another; entrust
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