To allot; to appoint or grant by = distribution or apportionment. The priests had a portion assigned them. Genesis 47:22.

To designate or appoint for a particular purpose. They assigned Bezer, a city of refuge]oshua 20:8.

To fix, specify or designate; as an assigned quantity.

To make or set over; to transfer, sell or convey, by writing, as by indorsing a note, or by any writing on a separate paper.

To allege or show in particular; as, to assign a reason for one’s conduct.

In law, to show or set forth with particularity; as, to assign error in a writ; to assign false judgment.

A person to whom property or an interest is or may be transferred; as, a deed to a man and his heirs and assigns.