English English Dictionary

of Assign

A person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed by another to do some act, perform some business, or enjoy some right, privilege, or property; as, an assignee of a bankrupt. See Assignment (c). An assignee may be by special appointment or deed, or be created by jaw; as an executor.

In England, the persons appointed, under a commission of bankruptcy, to manage the estate of a bankrupt for the benefit of his creditors.

One who assigns, appoints, allots, or apportions.

of Assign

An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.

A transfer of title or interest by writing, as of lease, bond, note, or bill of exchange; a transfer of the whole of some particular estate or interest in lands.

The writing by which an interest is transferred.

The transfer of the property of a bankrupt to certain persons called assignees, in whom it is vested for the benefit of creditors.

An assigner; a person who assigns or transfers an interest; as, the assignor of a debt or other chose in action.

The quality of being assimilable.

That may be assimilated; that may be likened, or appropriated and incorporated.

To liken; to compa/e.

To appropriate and transform or incorporate into the substance of the assimilating body; to absorb or appropriate, as nourishment; as, food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue.

To become similar or like something else.

To change and appropriate nourishment so as to make it a part of the substance of the assimilating body.

To be converted into the substance of the assimilating body; to become incorporated; as, some kinds of food assimilate more readily than others.

To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.

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