#1 assign v. [delegate, designate, depute] give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person). wn
#2 assign v. [allot, portion] give out; "We were assigned new uniforms". wn
#3 assign v. [impute, ascribe, attribute] attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats". wn
#4 assign v. [specify, set apart] select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise". wn
#5 assign v. [put] attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story". wn
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