- Give over to another for safe keeping - Hand over formally - Put somewhere - To give, transfer, or deliver, in a formal manner, as
if by signing over into the possession of another, or into a different
state, with the sense of fixedness in that state, or permanence of
possession; as, to consign the body to the grave. - To give in charge; to commit; to intrust. - To send or address (by bill of lading or otherwise) to
an agent or correspondent in another place, to be cared for or sold, or
for the use of such correspondent; as, to consign a cargo or a ship; to
consign goods. - To assign; to devote; to set apart.