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   consign

   /kənˈsʌɪn/

   verb

   • 1. deliver (something) to a person's keeping: "he consigned three paintings to Sotheby's" Similar assignallocateplaceputentrustgrantremithand downbequeatharchaic:commend
   • ▪ send (goods) by a public carrier: "the package was consigned by a famous sporting goods company" Similar sendsend offdispatchtransmittransferconveypostmailship
   • ▪ put someone or something in (a place) in order to be rid of it or them: "she consigned the letter to the waste-paper basket" Similar senddeliverhand overgive overturn oversentenceconfine inimprison inincarcerate inlock up injail indetain inintern inimmure ininformal:put awayput behind barsbang updepositcommitput awaybanishrelegate

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘mark with the sign of the cross’, especially at baptism or confirmation, as a sign of dedication to God): from French consigner or Latin consignare ‘mark with a seal’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. consignee noun
   • 2. consignor noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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