Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - consign
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Consign
consign
verb Etymology: Middle French ~er, from Latin ~are, from com- + signum sign, mark, seal — more at sign Date: 1528 transitive verb 1. to give over to another's care 2. to give, transfer, or deliver into the hands or control of another; also to commit especially to a final destination or fate a writer ~ed to oblivion 3. to send or address to an agent to be cared for or sold intransitive verb obsolete agree, submit Synonyms: see commit • ~able adjective • ~ation noun • ~or noun
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1.
v.tr. (often foll. by to) 1 hand over; deliver to a person's possession or trust. 2 assign; commit decisively or permanently (consigned it to the dustbin; consigned to years of misery). 3 transmit or send (goods), usu. by a public carrier. Derivatives consignee n. consignor n. Etymology: ME f. F consigner or L consignare mark with a seal (as com-, sign) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
гл. 1) вверять, получать; предназначать 2) коммерч. отправлять товары, посылать на консигнацию ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
3.
1. книж. передавать, поручать, вверять to consign a child to the care of a teacher —- поручить ребенка заботам учителя to consign the body to the grave —- предавать тело земле to consign to oblivion —- предавать забвению the thief was consigned to prison —- вора посадили в тюрьму 2. (пред)назначать to consign a room to smb's use —- предоставить комнату в чье-л. распоряжение to be consigned to misery —- быть обреченным на нищету 3. ком. отправлять, посылать (на консигнацию) the goods were consigned by rail —- товар был отправлен (на консигнацию) по железной дороге 4. спец. депонировать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
v. 1) передавать; поручать (to) The shipment of apples was consigned to London. 2) (пред)назначать 3) предавать (земле) (to) I consign this evil book to the flames. 4) comm. отправлять, посылать на консигнацию (груз, товар) 5) fin. вносить в депозит банка Syn: see entrust ...Англо-русский словарь
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(consigns, consigning, consigned) To consign something or someone to a place where they will be forgotten about, or to an unpleasant situation or place, means to put them there. (FORMAL) For decades, many of Malevich’s works were consigned to the basements of Soviet museums... VERB: V n to n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ v formal 1 to put someone or something somewhere, especially in order to get rid of them (consign sb/sth to) (I consigned his letter to the dustbin. | She preferred to take care of her mother at home, rather than consigning her to institutional care. | consign sb/sth to the flames literary (=burn someone or something)) (The body was consigned to the flames.) 2 to send or deliver something to someone who has bought it 3 to make someone or something be in a particular situation, especially an unpleasant one (consign sb/sth to) (consigning Cambodia to a decade of civil war) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- early 15c., from M.Fr. consigner, from L. consignare "to seal, register," originally "to mark with a sign," from com- "together" + signare "to sign, mark," from signum "sign." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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