| 1. allot, apportion; appoint; (Law) transfer one's (right, property, agreement, interest) to. assignas*sign , v. i. (law) to transfer or pass over property to another, whether for the benefit of the assignee or of the assignor's creditors, or in furtherance of some trust.assign as*sign, n. [from assign, v.] a thing pertaining or belonging to something else; an appurtenance. [obs.] six french rapiers and poniards, with their assigns, as girdles, hangers, and so.assign as*sign, n. [see: assignee.] (law) a person to whom property or an interest is transferred; as, a deed to a man and his heirs and assigns.assign as*sign , v. t. [imp. & p. p. assigned ; p. pr. & vb. n. assigning.] [oe. assignen, asignen, f. assigner, fr. l. assignare; ad + signare to mark, mark out, designate, signum mark, sign. see: sign.] |
