Topic: TRADE
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| Date: | 1400-1500 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | consigner, from Latin consignare, from com- ( COM-) + signum 'mark, seal' |
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con‧sign
BBT [transitive] formal to send something somewhere, especially in order to sell it
consign somebody/something to something
phrasal verb1 to make someone or something be in a particular situation, especially a bad one : It was a decision which consigned him to political obscurity.
It was a decision which consigned him to political obscurity. consign somebody/something to the dustbin/scrapheap/rubbish heap etc British English Many older people feel they have been consigned to the medical scrapheap.
Many older people feel they have been consigned to the medical scrapheap.2 to put something somewhere, especially in order to get rid of it : The shoes looked so tatty that I consigned them to the back of the cupboard.
The shoes looked so tatty that I consigned them to the back of the cupboard.