v.tr. (often foll. by to)
1. hand over; deliver to a person's possession or trust.
2 assign; commit decisively or permanently (consigned it to the dustbin; consigned to years of misery).
3 transmit or send (goods), usu. by a public carrier.
Derivatives:
consignee n. consignor n.
Etymology: ME f. F consigner or L consignare mark with a seal (as com-, sign)