English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Assigned
(imp. & p. p.)
of Assign
Assignee
(v.)
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.
Assignee
(v.)
In England, the persons appointed, under a commission of
bankruptcy, to manage the estate of a bankrupt for the benefit of his
creditors.
Assigner
(n.)
One who assigns, appoints, allots, or apportions.
Assigning
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Assign
Assignment
(n.)
An allotting or an appointment to a particular person
or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.
Assignment
(n.)
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.
Assignment
(n.)
The writing by which an interest is transferred.
Assignment
(n.)
The transfer of the property of a bankrupt to certain
persons called assignees, in whom it is vested for the benefit of
creditors.
Assignor
(n.)
An assigner; a person who assigns or transfers an
interest; as, the assignor of a debt or other chose in action.
Assimilability
(n.)
The quality of being assimilable.
Assimilable
(a.)
That may be assimilated; that may be likened, or
appropriated and incorporated.
Assimilate
(v. t.)
To liken; to compa/e.
Assimilate
(v. t.)
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.
Assimilate
(v. i.)
To become similar or like something else.
Assimilate
(v. i.)
To change and appropriate nourishment so as to make
it a part of the substance of the assimilating body.
Assimilate
(v. i.)
To be converted into the substance of the
assimilating body; to become incorporated; as, some kinds of food
assimilate more readily than others.
Assimilate
(v. t.)
To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a
resemblance between.
Assimilated
(imp. & p. p.)
of Assimilate
Assimilating
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Assimilate