consign
verb (formal)- consign somebody/something to something
to put somebody/something somewhere in order to get rid of them/it （爲擺脫而）把…置於，把…交付給 - consign somebody/something to something
to put somebody/something in an unpleasant situation 把…置於（令人不快的境地）；打發；發落 The decision to close the factory has consigned 6 000 people to the scrapheap. 關閉那家工廠的決定使 6 000 人遭到了遺棄。 A car accident consigned him to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. 一次車禍使他落得在輪椅上度過餘生。
- consign something to somebody
to give or send something to somebody 交給；交付；寄送
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘mark with the sign of the cross’, especially at baptism or confirmation, as a sign of dedication to God): from French consigner or Latin consignare ‘mark with a seal’.