Quick definitions from WordNet (assign)
▸ verb: transfer one's right to
▸ verb: give out or allot ("We were assigned new uniforms")
▸ verb: select something or someone for a specific purpose ("The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise")
▸ verb: decide as to where something belongs in a scheme ("The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class")
▸ verb: make undue claims to having
▸ verb: attribute or give
▸ verb: attribute or credit to
▸ verb: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
▸ Also see assign
▸ verb: transfer one's right to
▸ verb: give out or allot ("We were assigned new uniforms")
▸ verb: select something or someone for a specific purpose ("The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise")
▸ verb: decide as to where something belongs in a scheme ("The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class")
▸ verb: make undue claims to having
▸ verb: attribute or give
▸ verb: attribute or credit to
▸ verb: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
▸ Also see assign