consign
verb
[ kənˈsʌɪn ]
• deliver (something) to a person's keeping.
• "he consigned three paintings to Sotheby's"
Similar:
assign,
allocate,
place,
put,
entrust,
grant,
remit,
hand down,
bequeath,
commend,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘mark with the sign of the cross’, especially at baptism or confirmation, as a sign of dedication to God): from French consigner or Latin consignare ‘mark with a seal’.
