Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

ASsign \AS*sign"\, v. i. (Law)
   To transfer or pass over property to another, whether for the
   benefit of the assignee or of the assignor's creditors, or in
   furtherance of some trust.

Source : WordNet®

assign
     v 1: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task
          to (a person) [syn: {delegate}, {designate}, {depute}]
     2: give out or allot; "We were assigned new uniforms" [syn: {allot},
         {portion}]
     3: attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to
        Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
        [syn: {impute}, {ascribe}, {attribute}]
     4: select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The
        teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the
        exercise" [syn: {specify}, {set apart}]
     5: 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" [syn: {put}]
     6: make undue claims to having [syn: {arrogate}]
     7: transfer one's right to
     8: decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The
        biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class" [syn:
         {attribute}]