Emily Dickinson Lexicon

AS-SIGN, v.t. [assīne; Fr. assigner; Sp. asignar; Port. assinar; It. assegnare; L. assigno, of ad and signo, to allot, to mark out; Ir. sighin; L. signum, a mark. The primary sense of sign is to send, or to set.]

1. To allot; to appoint or grant by distribution or apportionment. The priests had a portion assigned them. Gen. xlvii.
2. To designate or appoint for a particular purpose. They assigned Bezer, a city of refuge. – Josh. xx.
3. To fix, specify or designate; as, an assigned quantity.
4. To make or set over; to transfer, sell or convey, by writing, as by indorsing a note, or by any writing on a separate paper.
5. To alledge or show in particular; as, to assign a reason for one's conduct.
6. In law, to show or set forth with particularity; as, to assign error in a writ; to assign false judgment.