Obs. [see different senses.]
1. Appointment, command. [f. ASSIGN v.]
1633. P. Fletcher, Purple Isl., II. xliii. Soon as the gate opes by the Kings assigne.
2. A sign, portent. [f. SIGN sb.; cf. ASSIGN v. IV.]
1601. Weever, Mirr. Mart., C viij b. To the Frenchmen, this assigne was sent, Disaster, fatall, inauspitious.
¶ for DESIGN.
a. 1641. Finett, Philoxenis (1656), 50. His so gracious notice and furtherance of their assignes.
