consign

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To transfer to the custody of, usually for sale, transport, or safekeeping. transitive
  2. To entrust to the care of another. transitive
    — For virtue’s image yet poſſeſt her mind, / Taught by a maſter of the tuneful kind : / Atrides, parting for the Trojan war, / Conſign’d the youthful conſort to his care.
  3. To send to a final destination. transitive
    — to consign the body to the grave
  4. To assign; to devote; to set apart.
    — The French commander, charmed with the greatneſs of your ſoul, accordingly conſign’d it [a donation] to the uſe for which it was intended by the donor[…]
  5. To stamp or impress; to affect.
    — Ennoble my ſoul with great degrees of love to thee, and conſign my ſpirit with great fear, religion and veneration of thy holy name and laws[…]

词形变化

consigns present,singular,third-person consigning participle,present consigned participle,past consigned past

词源

Borrowed from Middle French consigner or directly from Latin cōnsignō (“furnish with a seal”), from con- + signō (“mark, sign”).
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