OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 20429

assign

/əˈsaɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
asignar
To designate or set apart (something) for some purpose.
to assign a day for trial
designar
To appoint or select (someone) for some office.
to assign counsel for a prisoner
adscribir • asignar
To allot or give (something) as a task.
He assigned his men to their several posts, talked boldly of maintaining himself against all the troops of Spain, and by his cheerful tone endeavoured to inspire a confidence in ot…
“I cannot do it, Sir !” was his reply. “I fire into their ranks, and that does as well ; but to single out one among them, and mark him for death, would lie upon my mind afterwards…
ceder
To transfer (property, a legal right, etc.) from one person to another.