Antonyms for consigned

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kuhn-sahyn

Phonetic Transcription : kənˈsaɪn

Definition of consigned

Origin : early 15c., "to ratify by a sign or seal," from Middle French consigner (15c.), from Latin consignare "to seal, register," originally "to mark with a sign," from com- "together" (see com-) + signare "to sign, mark," from signum "sign" (see sign (n.)). Commercial sense is from 1650s. Related: Consignee; consignor.

verb entrust, hand over for care

Example sentences :

They have desired, that I may be consigned over entirely to their management.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

I only seek, just now, to have him consigned to a place of safety.
Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

These might readily have been consigned to the depths of the wastebasket unopened, unread.
Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks

What sort of a place was this to which Fate had consigned him?
Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

The rest he consigned to the care of Biskaine, who acted as his Kayla, or lieutenant.
Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini

Andre-Louis consigned her to the lawyers, and saw her no more.
Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini

This his father was aware of, and consigned him to me, hoping I might be able to do something for him.
Extract from : « The Symposium » by Xenophon

To their safe keeping we consigned the friendship which we solemnly contracted.
Extract from : « Anabasis » by Xenophon

He also ordered that all tobacco was to be consigned to him or his representatives.
Extract from : « Virginia Under Charles I And Cromwell, 1625-1660 » by Wilcomb E. Washburn

She had consigned him to this, playing to its crafty end the farce that had blinded him!
Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman

Synonyms for consigned

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