The Clue
Gives out (7 letter answer)
The Answer
ASSIGNS
Tags
Notes
The answer ASSIGNS is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1100 puzzles.
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Definition
ASSIGN as a verb:
1. (delegate, designate, depute, assign) = give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
2. (assign, allot, portion) = give out or allot; "We were assigned new uniforms"
3. (impute, ascribe, assign, attribute) = attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
4. (assign, specify, set apart) = select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"
5. (put, assign) = 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"
6. (arrogate, assign) = make undue claims to having
7. transfer one's right to
8. (assign, attribute) = decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"