Antonyms for assign

Grammar : Verb

Spell : uh-sahyn

Phonetic Transcription : əˈsaɪn

Definition of assign

Origin : c.1300, from Old French assiginer (13c.) "assign, set (a date, etc.); appoint legally; allot," from Latin assignare "to mark out, to allot by sign, assign, award," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + signare "make a sign," from signum "mark" (see sign). Main original use was in English law, in transferences of personal property. General meaning "to fix, settle, determine, appoint" is from c.1300. Related: Assigned; assigning.

verb select and give a responsibility
verb set apart for a reason

Example sentences :

With what cheerfulness will I assign over this envied estate!
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

It is perhaps too early to assign him his place in American literature.
Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier

And if it be impossible to assign any, this will serve to confirm our suspicion.
Extract from : « An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding » by David Hume

I have met with the word in French authors, but never could assign any idea to it.
Extract from : « Joseph Andrews, Vol. 2 » by Henry Fielding

Between thirty and fifty years, it was impossible to assign an age to him.
Extract from : « Ramuntcho » by Pierre Loti

We see the effects of this irresolution, although we cannot assign a cause for it.
Extract from : « Reflections » by Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld

I imagine I ought to assign a reason for it, which seems pretty probable to me.
Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz

Let us now assign the geometrical forms to their respective elements.
Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato

How then, without a word of explanation, could Plato assign to them the refutation of their own tenets?
Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato

And therefore the legislator must assign to these also their forms.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

Synonyms for assign

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