Definition of "Assign" :

verb: select something or someone for a specific purpose

"The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise."

verb: attribute or credit to

verb: decide as to where something belongs in a scheme

"The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class."

verb: attribute or give

verb: transfer one's right to

verb: give out

"We were assigned new uniforms."

verb: make undue claims to having

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