consign

v. (often foll. By to) 1 hand over; deliver. 2 assign; commit. 3 transmit or send (goods).  consignee n. Consignor n. [latin: related to *sign]

v. t. To give, transfer, or deliver, in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another, or into a different state, with the sense of fixedness in that state, or permanence of possession; as, to consign the body to the grave.