| 单词 | consign | 
| 释义 | con·sign   (kən-sīn) v.  con·signed, con·sign·ing, con·signs  v.tr. 1.  To give over to the care or custody of another. 2.  a.  To put in or assign to an unfavorable place, position, or condition:  "Their desponding imaginations had long since consigned him to a watery grave" (William Hickling Prescott). b.  To set apart, as for a special use or purpose; assign: "South American savannas [that are] now consigned to grazing" (Eric Scigliano). 3.  To deliver (merchandise, for example) for custody or sale. v.intr.  Obsolete  To submit; consent. [Middle English consignen, to certify by seal, from Old French consigner, from Latin cōnsignāre : com-, intensive pref.; see  COM- + signāre, to mark (from signum, mark; see  sekw-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] con·signa·ble adj. con′sig·nation (kŏn′sī-nāshən, -sĭg-) n. con·signor,  con·signer n. | 
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