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consign, v.|kənˈsaɪn|
[Corresponds to F. consigne-r (14th c.) = Pr. and Sp. consegnar, It. consegnare, ad. L. consignāre, to furnish, mark, or attest with a seal, f. con- + signāre to mark, sign, seal, f. signum mark, sign.]
I. To seal, sign.
†1. trans. To mark with the sign of the cross, as in baptism or esp. confirmation; spec. to confirm; also fig. [So med.L. consignare, obs. F. consigner.]
1537in Strype Eccl. Mem. I. App. lxxxviii. 245 That they [the Bishops] laying their hands upon them and consigning them with holy chrism, should pray for them, that they might be confirmed in the H. Ghost. 1642Jer. Taylor Episc. (1647) 33 The Bishop first baptiz'd him, then consign'd him. 1649― Gt. Exemp. i. vi. (R.), In baptism we are admitted to the kingdom of Christ..consigned with his sacrament. 1683Hickes Case Inf. Bapt. 52 It may be thou art afraid to have him Consigned, because of the weakness of his Nature.
b. Const. to, unto: To commit or dedicate thus.
1533Tindale Lord's Supp. 44 So that by baptism we be initiated and consigned unto the worship of one God in one faith. 1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. i. vi. (R.). a1713Sharp Wks. V. iii. (R.), Having taken upon ourselves the covenant of baptism, and thereby consecrated and consigned ourselves unto God.
†2. To attest, confirm, ratify (as with a sign or seal). Obs.
(The sense of the first quot., which is a century earlier than any other known, is uncertain.)
c1430? Lydg. Ballad of our Lady (R.), Cristallen well, of clerenesse clere consigned. a1536Tindale Wks. 457 (R.) For my father hath consigned and confirmed me with his assured testimonie, to bee that assured sauyng health. 1638Chillingw. Relig. Prot. iii. §44 Now your main business is to prove the present Church infallible, not so much in consigning ancient Traditions, as in defining emergent controversies. 1647Jer. Taylor Lib. Proph. xxiii. 223 When God made a covenant with Abraham he did for the present consigne that covenant with the Sacrament of circumcision. 1849W. Fitzgerald tr. Whitaker's Disput. 292 The old and new Testaments do, by their mutual testimony, establish and consign each other.
†3. To mark with a seal or sign. Obs. rare.
1623Cockeram, Consigne, to seale or print. 1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. i. vi. §16 The Primitive Christians..consigned all their affairs and goods and writings with some marks of their Lord, usually writing Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς θεοῦ υἱὸς σωτὴρ.
†4. To put one's seal to; to seal, sign, subscribe.
a1714Burnet Own Time (1823) II. iii. 132 Primerose..said it was the greatest glory of his life, that the four greatest enemies he had should come and consign the damnation of their souls in his hands.
†5. intr. To set one's seal, subscribe, agree to anything. Obs.
1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, v. ii. 143 Heauen consigning to my good intents. 1599― Hen. V, v. ii. 326 It were (my Lord) a hard Condition for a Maid to consigne to.
†b. ‘To submit to the same terms with another’ (J.); ‘to seal the same contract with’ (Steevens).
1611Shakes. Cymb. iv. ii. 275 Thou hast finish'd Ioy and Mone! All Louers young, all Louers must Consigne to thee, and come to dust.
II. To hand over formally.
†6. trans. ? To deliver under one's seal or signature. Obs.
1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. Ad. Sect. i. §7 [The Virgin Mary] hath consigned an excellent document to all women. 1683Hickes Case Inf. Bapt. 33 It is instituted for a Sign from God..to consign unto us the benefits of the Covenant.
7. To make over as a possession, to deliver formally or commit, to a state, fate, etc.
1632J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Eromena 175 It [the City] was soone given up, and the Rebels consigned him alive. 1636Massinger Bashf. Lover i. ii, If..I should consign her, as a bondwoman, To be disposed of at another's pleasure. 1718Prior Solomon iii. 545 When this vital breath Ceasing, consigns me o'er to rest and death. 1791Paine Rights M. (ed. 4) 12 When kings..consigned the people, like beasts of the field, to whatever successor they appointed. 1846Prescott Ferd. & Is. II. xviii. 148 Their desponding imaginations had already consigned him to a watery grave. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. I. xix. 240 The chapter from Job which has consigned so many to their last resting-place.
†b. To give over or devote to a purpose or use.
1700Dryden Fables Ded. Wks. (Globe) 492 The French commander..accordingly consigned it [a sum of money] to the use for which it was intended by the donor. 1764Goldsm. Trav. 60 Some spot to real happiness consign'd. 1767Blackstone Comm. II. 337 The only service..to which this statute is now consigned.
†c. To deliver or commit (to writing). Obs.
a1719Addison (J.), The four evangelists consigned to writing that history.
8. To hand over to another for custody; to entrust or commit to another's charge or care.
1528Wriothesley in Pocock Rec. Ref. I. xli. 80 He is contented that some Englishmen..shall have all the prizes..consigned into their hands. 1598Barret Theor. Warres iv. ii. 108 To accompany him vnto the double Sentinels, and consigne him vnto them. 1612W. Shute Fougasses's Venice II. 499 The French Ambassador did presently consigne them [prisoners] into the hands of the Cardinall. 1712–4Pope Rape Lock ii. 113 The drops to thee, Brillante, we consign; And, Momentilla, let the watch be thine. 1829Lytton Devereux ii. vi, Consigning our horses to the care of our grooms.
9. To deposit (money); in Sc. Law, to deposit money with a third party, in a bank, etc., pending a trial or arbitration; formerly, also, as a pledge that an accusation would be substantiated: see consignation 5. [Cf. F. consigner, in same sense.]
1633Galston Sess. Rec. in Edgar Old Ch. Life Scot. (1885) 205 She is appointed to consign 2l. os. od. 1640–1Kirkcudbr. War-Comm. Min. Bk. (1855) 58 The Committie..ordaines the said David Macbrair to present the boy that delyverit the horss, or else to consygne for the horss j⊇ merks. a1698Temple Let. to Sir J. Trevor (R.), We would not do any thing towards it till he had powers to consign the money immediately. 1861W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 221 In practice, it is usual to consign money in a public bank, so that the party entitled to it receives it with bank interest for the time it has remained consigned. 1868Act 31–2 Vict. c. 101 §122 The creditor..shall..consign the surplus..in one or other of the said banks.
10. Comm. To deliver or transmit (goods) for sale or custody: usually implying their transit by ship, railway, or other public carrier.
1653H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. xiii. 40 Factor for the Captain of Malacca, into whose hands I consigned all the Merchandise that I brought along with me. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey) s.v., In the way of Trade, Goods are said To be consigned to a Factor, when they are sent him by his Employer to be sold, etc. 1711Steele Spect. No. 80 ⁋3 A Ship put into the Island consigned to a Friend of Phillis. 1722De Foe Col. Jack (1840) 329 The merchants of Mexico, to whom these cargoes were separately consigned, made the return..all in silver or in gold. 1866H. Phillips Amer. Paper Curr. II. 124 A ship had arrived laden with goods and consigned to Robert Morris. 1883Law Rep. 24 Chanc. Div. 54 head-note, K. had consigned cargoes to M. by several different ships.
†11. To commission (a person) to do anything.
1704Addison Italy (1733) 211, I have consign'd Walter Welsh to write.
12. To inflict confinement on: see consignment 5. |