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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.

To assign wrongly.

To assign back or again; to transfer back what has been assigned.

The act of reassigning.

To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to assign; -- with to. [R.] Clarendon.

athers, who resided with the general of the order, each of whom had a province or country assigned to his care.

Pertaining to ætiology; assigning a cause. -- Æ`ti*o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

The assignment of a cause.

To assign; to appoint. [R.] One of the domestics was affected to his special service. Thackeray.

The establishment or ascertaining of parentage; the assignment of a child, as a bastard, to its father; filiation.

To distribute or assign; to allot. Burke.

te, or parcel out in parts or portions; or to distribute to each individual concerned; to assign as a share or lot; to set apart as one's share; to bestow on; to grant; to appoint; as, let every man be contented with that which Providence allots him. Ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge. Johnson.…