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Search phrase: assign

Plays

3 result(s).

Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
Othello	Oth I.iii.282	To his conveyance I assign my wife,	To his conueyance I assigne my wife,
Richard II	R2 I.i.151	Your highness to assign our trial day.	Your Highnesse to assigne our Triall day.
Richard II	R2 IV.i.106	Till we assign you to your days of trial.	Till we assigne you to your dayes of Tryall.

Glossary

12 result(s).

allot	destine, appoint, assign
allow	bestow, legally assign
appoint	destine, assign, arrange
appoint	grant, provide, assign
ascribe	dedicate, attribute, assign
assure	assign, pledge, guarantee
bequeath	resign, give up, assign, hand over
devise	give, assign, confer on
direct	delegate, assign, hand over
rate	allot, apportion, assign
refer	assign, give, bestow
style	appoint, order, assign

Thesaurus

13 result(s).

assign	assure
assign	appoint
assign	bequeath
assign	ascribe
assign	rate
assign	appoint
assign	allot
assign	devise
assign	style
assign	direct
assign	refer
assign legally	allow
legally assign	allow

Words Families

3 result(s).

Word Family	Word Family Group	Words
ASSIGN	BASIC	assign n, assign v, assigned adj

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