<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to hand over or deliver formally or officially;</li><li>commit (often followed by to).</li><li>Synonyms: assign, relegate.</li><li>to transfer to another's custody or charge;</li><li>entrust.</li><li>Synonyms: confide.</li><li>to set apart for or devote to (a special purpose or use): to consign two afternoons a week to the club.</li><li>to banish or set apart in one's mind;</li><li>relegate: to consign unpleasant thoughts to oblivion.</li><li>Commerce: to ship, as by common carrier, especially for sale or custody.</li><li>to address for such shipment.</li><li>Obsolete: to confirm or ratify, as with a seal or other token.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to agree or assent.</li><li>Obsolete: to yield or submit.</li></ul>