definition of
assign

[1] #1 assign v. [delegate, designate, depute] give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person). wn

[2] #2 assign v. [allot, portion] give out; "We were assigned new uniforms". wn

[3] #3 assign v. [impute, ascribe, attribute] attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats". wn

[4] #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] #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