The present participle of consign; handing over goods to someone or sending something to a particular fate or place.
From consign + -ing (present participle suffix). Creates the ongoing or continuous form of the action.
This is the everyday word you see in business documents: 'We are consigning the shipment to FedEx' — nice and practical compared to its philosophical relatives!
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