WORD: CONSIGN
MEANING:
1. To give over to the care or custody of another.
2.
a. To put in or assign to an unfavorable place, position, or condition: "Their desponding imaginations had long since consigned him to a watery grave" (William Hickling Prescott).
b. To set apart, as for a special use or purpose; assign: "South American savannas [that are] now consigned to grazing" (Eric Scigliano).
3. To deliver (merchandise, for example) for custody or sale.
4. entrust, commit
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Google is setting out on a three-pronged attack that could one day consign the text-based password to the annals of tech history, alongside VHS videos, mini discs and standalone mp3 players.
2. consign your baggage
3. In Hinduism the dead body is consigned to flames.
PRONOUNCE:
con·sign - कन्साइन
LINK: CONSIGN
MEANING:
1. To give over to the care or custody of another.
2.
a. To put in or assign to an unfavorable place, position, or condition: "Their desponding imaginations had long since consigned him to a watery grave" (William Hickling Prescott).
b. To set apart, as for a special use or purpose; assign: "South American savannas [that are] now consigned to grazing" (Eric Scigliano).
3. To deliver (merchandise, for example) for custody or sale.
4. entrust, commit
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Google is setting out on a three-pronged attack that could one day consign the text-based password to the annals of tech history, alongside VHS videos, mini discs and standalone mp3 players.
2. consign your baggage
3. In Hinduism the dead body is consigned to flames.
PRONOUNCE:
con·sign - कन्साइन
LINK: CONSIGN
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