Consign vs Undefined - What's the difference?
consign | undefined |
(business) To transfer to the custody of, usually for sale, transport, or safekeeping.
To entrust to the care of another.
* Alexander Pope
To send to a final destination.
* Atterbury
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To assign; to devote; to set apart.
* Dryden
To stamp or impress; to affect.
* Jeremy Taylor
Lacking a definition or value.
(mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
As a verb consign
is (business) to transfer to the custody of, usually for sale, transport, or safekeeping.As an adjective undefined is
lacking a definition or value.consign
English
Verb
(en verb)- Atrides, parting for the Trojan war, / Consigned the youthful consort to his care.
- to consign the body to the grave
- At the day of general account, good men are to be consigned over to another state.
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- The French commander consigned it to the use for which it was intended by the donor.
- Consign my spirit with great fear.
Derived terms
* consignation * consignee * consigner * consignment * consignorUsage notes
See usage note for commit.Anagrams
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English
Adjective
(wikipedia undefined) (-)- The result of division by zero is undefined .
