assign /əˈsaɪn/verb 7noun 4forms 6 verb7 •To designate or set apart (something) for some purpose. •To allot or give (something) as a task. •To appoint or select (someone) for some office. •To attribute or sort (something) into categories. •To categorize (someone) as belonging to the male or female sex. •To give (a value) to a variable.We assign 100 to x. •To transfer (property, a legal right, etc.) from one person to another. noun4 •An assignee. •(no longer used) An assignment or appointment. •(no longer used) A design or purpose.He aim’d at high designs, and so attain’d / The high assigns to which his spirit aim’d. — 1609 •(no longer used) A thing relating or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.The King sir hath wagerd with him six Barbary horses, againgst the which hee has impaund as I take it six French Rapiers and Poynards, with their assignes, as girdle, hanger and so. — 1599 formsassign'd · assigned · assigning · assigneth · assigns · assignest