assigned Definition

assign
verb assigned, assigning

1. To give (a task, etc) to someone.

Thesaurus: distribute, give out, consign, allot.
2. To appoint someone to a position or task.

Thesaurus: appoint, commission, select, delegate, authorize, ordain, charge, elect, relegate.
3. To fix (a time, place, etc) for a purpose.

Thesaurus: set apart, earmark, designate, specify, allocate, indicate.
4. To attribute or ascribe.
5. law., formerly
To hand over (a title, property, interest, etc) to someone else by contract.

Derivative: assignable
adj

Etymology: 13c: from Latin assignare, from signare to mark out.