CONSIGN


Meaning of CONSIGN in English

(PLACE) [verb] [T] [formal] - to put or place (someone) into esp. an unpleasant place or situationAfter the financial disaster, she was consigned to poverty.After disagreeing with the monarch, he was consigned to prison.The book did not sell well and was quickly consigned to oblivion (= forgotten).(humorous) I consigned his love letters to the wastepaper bin (= got rid of them) long ago.The child was consigned to the care of (= will be officially taken care of by) the authorities.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.