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assigning, vbl. n.|əˈsaɪnɪŋ| [f. as prec. + -ing1.] The action of the vb. assign; assignment, allotment, appointment.
1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong., Assignation d'argent, an assigning of money. a1709Atkins Parl. & Pol. Tracts (1734) 256 These great Officers, who had the assigning of Sheriffs. 1751Johnson Rambl. No. 160 ⁋2 The power of assigning to others the task of life. |