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Synonyms for consigned

Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuhn-sahyn
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈsaɪn

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Définition 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

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