vt to stamp or impress; to affect.
2. consign ·vi to submit; to surrender or yield one's self.
3. consign ·vt to assign; to devote; to set apart.
4. consign ·vi to yield consent; to agree; to acquiesce.
5. consign ·vt to give in charge; to commit; to intrust.
6. consign ·vt to send or address (by bill of lading or otherwise) to an agent or correspondent in another place, to be cared for or sold, or for the use of such correspondent; as, to consign a cargo or a ship; to consign goods.
7. consign ·vt to give, transfer, or deliver, in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another, or into a different state, with the sense of fixedness in that state, or permanence of possession; as, to consign the body to the grave.