give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

[ Syn: delegate , designate , depute ]

give out; We were assigned new uniforms

[ Syn: allot , portion ]

attribute or credit to; We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare; People impute great cleverness to cats

[ Syn: impute , ascribe , attribute ]

select something or someone for a specific purpose; The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise

[ Syn: specify , set apart ]

attribute or give; She put too much emphasis on her the last statement; He put all his efforts into this job; The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story

[ Syn: put ]

make undue claims to having

[ Syn: arrogate ]

transfer one's right to

decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class

[ Syn: attribute ]