consigned; consigning; consigns
1
: to give over to another's care
… consign her single daughters to the care of their sister …—
Jane Austen
Jane Austen2
: to give, transfer, or deliver into the hands or control of another
also
: to commit especially to a final destination or fate
a writer consigned to oblivion
consign a body to the grave
3
: to send or address to an agent to be cared for or sold
consigned the paintings for sale
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Examples of consign in a Sentence
She consigned the painting to an auction house.
The goods were consigned to him.
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As the company fell apart, Hollinger consigned the collection to Christie’s.
—Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
India's burgeoning economy continues to be overwhelmingly powered by fossil fuels including coal, but that dominance will be consigned to the history books by end of this decade, according to the country's central bank.
—Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
The museum said an unnamed collector bought the work, then consigned it to Adam Williams Fine Art, Ltd., a New York gallery that sold the painting to the museum this year.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 6 Sep. 2024
While our own view is that UFOs, or UAP, emphatically do not represent any truly anomalous physical phenomena such as an extraterrestrial presence, this nevertheless does not consign ufology to insignificance.
—Luis Cayetano Simmari, Scientific American, 26 Sep. 2024
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Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
India's burgeoning economy continues to be overwhelmingly powered by fossil fuels including coal, but that dominance will be consigned to the history books by end of this decade, according to the country's central bank.
—Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
The museum said an unnamed collector bought the work, then consigned it to Adam Williams Fine Art, Ltd., a New York gallery that sold the painting to the museum this year.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 6 Sep. 2024
While our own view is that UFOs, or UAP, emphatically do not represent any truly anomalous physical phenomena such as an extraterrestrial presence, this nevertheless does not consign ufology to insignificance.
—Luis Cayetano Simmari, Scientific American, 26 Sep. 2024
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