mandate - assign authority to

cast - select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet; "He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona"

post - assign to a post; put into a post; "The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu"

cast - assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors; "Who cast this beautiful movie?"

devolve - pass on or delegate to another; "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital"

task - assign a task to; "I tasked him with looking after the children"

place - place somebody in a particular situation or location; "he was placed on probation"

regiment - assign to a regiment; "regiment soldiers"

reassign, transfer - transfer somebody to a different position or location of work

delegate, depute - transfer power to someone

mandate - assign under a mandate; "mandate a colony"

elevate, kick upstairs, promote, upgrade, advance, raise - give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work"

demote, kick downstairs, relegate, bump, break - assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sargeant"

appoint, charge - assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"

place - assign to (a job or a home)

appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve, allow - give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"

allocate, apportion - distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose; "I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis"; "I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip"

deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, mete out, parcel out, shell out, lot, administer, allot, deal - administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"

judge - form an opinion of or pass judgment on; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"

impute - attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source; "The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness"

impute - attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source; "The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness"

carnalize, sensualize - ascribe to an origin in sensation

credit - give someone credit for something; "We credited her for saving our jobs"

reattribute - attribute to another source

anthropomorphise, anthropomorphize - ascribe human features to something

personate, personify - attribute human qualities to something; "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous"

credit, accredit - give credit for; "She was not properly credited in the program"

blame, charge - attribute responsibility to; "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience"

externalise, externalize, project - regard as objective

interiorise, interiorize, internalise, internalize - incorporate within oneself; make subjectiveor personal; "internalize a belief"

choose, pick out, select, take - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"

dedicate - set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church

detail - assign to a specific task; "The ambulances were detailed to the fire station"

apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize - put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't make use of this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"

repose - put or confide something in a person or thing; "These philosophers reposed the law in the people"

arrogate, lay claim, claim - demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to; "He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter"; "Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident"

transfer - cause to change ownership; "I transferred my stock holdings to my children"

judge - form an opinion of or pass judgment on; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"

classify, relegate - assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"