assign

verb

1. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
2. give out"We were assigned new uniforms"
3. attribute or credit to"We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"
4. select something or someone for a specific purpose"The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"
5. attribute or give"She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"
6. make undue claims to having
7. transfer one's right to
8. decide as to where something belongs in a scheme"The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"