consign /kənˈsaɪn/ verb5 •To transfer to the custody of, usually for sale, transport, or safekeeping. •To send to a final destination.This firm regularly consigns margarine in palletised wagon-loads to a wide variety of destinations. — 1961 •To entrust to the care of another.For virtue’s image yet possest her mind, / Taught by a master of the tuneful kind : / Atrides, parting for the Trojan war, / Consign’d the youthful consort to his care. — 1726 •To assign; to devote; to set apart.The French commander, charmed with the greatness of your soul, accordingly consign’d it [a donation] to the use for which it was intended by the donor[…] — 1700 •To stamp or impress; to affect.Ennoble my soul with great degrees of love to thee, and consign my spirit with great fear, religion and veneration of thy holy name and laws[…] — 1650 formsconsigned · consigning · consigneth · consigns · consignest