consign

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb commit forever; commit irrevocably
  2. verb give over to another for care or safekeeping
  3. verb send to an address

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French consigner or directly from Latin cōnsignō (“furnish with a seal”), from con- + signō (“mark, sign”).

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