ASSIGN

v. 1 allot, allocate, apportion, consign, appropriate, distribute, give (out), grant A water ration was assigned to each person 2 fix, set (apart or aside), settle (on), determine, appoint, authorize, designate, ordain, prescribe, specify Have they really assigned Thursday as the day of worship? Please sit in the seats assigned to you 3 appoint, designate, order; name, delegate, nominate, attach; choose, select; Brit second The men have been assigned to their posts I assigned David to look after the champagne. 4 attribute, ascribe, accredit, put down; refer: To which century did the curator assign this vase?