consign

verb

/kənˈsaɪn/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French consigner or directly from Latin cōnsignō (“furnish with a seal”), from con- + signō (“mark, sign”).

derived from cōnsignō
borrowed from consigner

Definitions

To transfer to the custody of, usually for sale, transport, or safekeeping.
2
To entrust to the care of another.
- For virtue’s image yet poſſeſt her mind, / Taught by a maſter of the tuneful kind : / Atrides, parting for the Trojan war, / Conſign’d the youthful conſort to his care.
3
To send to a final destination.
- to consign the body to the grave
- This firm regularly consigns margarine in palletised wagon-loads to a wide variety of destinations.
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1. 4
  To assign
  To assign; to devote; to set apart.
  - The French commander, charmed with the greatneſs of your ſoul, accordingly conſign’d it [a donation] to the uſe for which it was intended by the donor[…]
2. 5
  To stamp or impress
  To stamp or impress; to affect.
  - Ennoble my ſoul with great degrees of love to thee, and conſign my ſpirit with great fear, religion and veneration of thy holy name and laws[…]

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Derived

consignable, consignation, consignee, consigner, consignment, consignor, preconsign, reconsign, unconsigned

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at consign. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at consign. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at consign

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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