What is another word for consigns?

Pronunciation: [kənsˈa͡ɪnz] (IPA)

Consigns, the act of assigning or entrusting someone or something to a particular purpose or destination, has several synonyms. First, entrust, which pertains to assigning or confiding something in someone's care or guidance. Second, deliver, which signifies the action of transporting or handing over something to someone. Third, allocate means setting aside or designating something for a particular use or purpose. Fourth, appoint, the act of designating or selecting someone for a specific role or task. Lastly, delegate, the act of authorizing or empowering someone else to act on one's behalf, also falls under consigns' synonyms. These words can be used interchangeably depending on the context of the sentence.

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Usage examples for Consigns

It consigns the individual to his private mind, and cannot provide for the validity of knowledge enough even to maintain itself.
"The Approach to Philosophy"
Ralph Barton Perry
And as that old Earl, who in the time of Charles the First was the reigning wit of the court, in the time of Charles the Second was considered too dull even for a butt, so every age has its own literary stamp and coinage, and consigns the old circulation to its shelves and cabinets as neglected curiosities.
"Ernest Maltravers, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
She died in less than two years after the flight of Frederic, a victim to a disorder that has no place in the catalogue of nosologists, and is not recognised as a malady; though it is as incurable and consigns almost as many victims to an untimely grave as consumption, with which it is very frequently confounded-I mean a broken heart.
"An Old Sailor's Yarns"
Nathaniel Ames

Famous quotes with Consigns

  • The most stupid man is not the one who acts or speaks improperly, but he who consigns the steering wheel of his destiny to a religious man.
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  • Chastity is a monkish and evangelical superstition, a greater foe to natural temperance even than unintellectual sensuality; it strikes at the root of all domestic happiness, and consigns more than half the human race to misery.
    Percy Bysshe Shelley

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