Assign, v. a.
- 1. Apportion, allot, appoint, appropriate, cast.
- 2. Fix, specify, determine, designate.
- 3. Adduce, allege, advance, offer, show, give, present, bring forward.
- 4. (Law.) Transfer, convey, make over.
Assignation, n.
- 1. Designation. See assignment, 2.
- 2. Appointment (to meet).
- 3. Guilty appointment, illicit appointment, appointment for criminal converse, clandestine appointment.
Assign dower. (Law.) Set off (by metes and bounds) the widow’s share.
Assignment, n.
- 1. Appointment, allotment, apportionment.
- 2. Designation, specification, fixing, determination.
- 3. Offer, offering, showing, giving, presentation, alleging, adducing.
- 4. (Law) Transfer, conveyance.
Assimilate, v. a.
- 1. Make like, bring into resemblance.
- 2. Digest, turn to one’s own substance, take into the organism, thoroughly appropriate, absorb into the
system, incorporate, make part and parcel of one’s being.
Assimilation, n. See preceding verb.
Assist, v. a.
- 1. Help, aid, support, befriend, patronize, serve, speed, second, further, promote, abet, back, sustain,
subsidize, co-operate with, take part with, give support to, minister to.