1. To impress, as or as if with a stamp or seal.To give, send, or commit; relegate; make over; deliver into the possession of another or into a different state, implying subsequent fixedness or permanence: sometimes with over: as, at death the body is consigned to the grave.To deliver or transfer, as a charge or trust; intrust; appoint.In com., to transmit by carrier, in trust for sale or custody, usually implying agency in the consignee, but also used loosely of the act of transmitting by carrier to another for any purpose: as the goods were consigned to the London agent.To put into a certain form or commit for permanent preservation.To set apart; appropriate; apply.= Svn. Intrust, Confide, etc. See commit. To submit; surrender one's self; yield.To agree, assent, or consent.