assign

/ə-ˈsīn/

Middle English, from Anglo-French assigner, from Latin assignare, from ad- + signare to mark, from signum mark, sign

verb

  1. to transfer (property) to another especially in trust or for the benefit of creditors

  2. to appoint to a post or duty

  3. to appoint as a duty or task

ascribe attribute assign impute credit mean to lay something to the account of a person or thing. ascribe suggests an inferring or conjecturing of cause, quality, authorship. attribute suggests less tentativeness than ascribe, less definiteness than assign.

noun

  1. assignee

heirs and assigns

verb

  1. to assign (something) in advance

The teachers preassigned the seating in the classroom.