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To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to announce; to make known; to declare; to express; as, a signified his desire to be present. I 'll to the king; and signify to him That thus I have resign'd my charge to you. Shak. The government should signify to th…

Sir; Mr. The English form and pronunciation for the Italian Signor and the Spanish Señor.

To exercise dominion; to signiorize. [Obs.] Hewyt.

State or position of a signior.

Same as Seigniory.

Sir; Mr; -- a title of address or respect among the Italians. Before a noun the form is Signor.

Madam; Mrs; -- a title of address or respect among the Italians.

Miss; -- a title of address among the Italians.

A post on which a sign hangs, or on which papers are placed to give public notice of anything.

Additional signification. [R.] Tooke.

To denote additionally. [R.] Tooke.

To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over. In the order I assign to them. Loudon. The man who could feel thus was worthy of a better station than that in which his lot had been assigned. Southey. He assigned to his men their several posts. Prescott.

The quality of being assignable.

Capable of being assigned, allotted, specified, or designated; as, an assignable note or bill; an assignable reason; an assignable quantity.

One of the notes, bills, or bonds, issued as currency by the revolutionary government of France (1790-1796), and based on the security of the lands of the church and of nobles which had been appropriated by the state.

The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment. This order being taken in the senate, as touching the appointment and assignation of those provinces. Holland.

A person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed by another to do some act, perform some business, or enjoy some right, privilege, or property; as, an assignee of a bankrupt. See Assignment (c). An assignee may be by special appointment or deed, or be created by jaw; as an executor. Cowell. Blount.…

One who assigns, appoints, allots, or apportions.

The transfer of the property of a bankrupt to certain persons called assignees, in whom it is vested for the benefit of creditors. Assignment of dower, the setting out by metes and bounds of the widow's thirds or portion in the deceased husband's estate, and allotting it to her.

An assigner; a person who assigns or transfers an interest; as, the assignor of a debt or other chose in action.