Assign
Assign verb - To give a task, duty, or responsibility to.
Fate
Fate verb - To determine the fate of in advance.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- One of the leads of Route 66, George Maharis, took a leave of absence due to illness, and a few lines of dialogue assign his character Buz the same fate.
Source: Written-In Absence - He then proceeds to assign a special assignment: A Decision of Fate.
Source: Literature / Decision Of Fate -
Shakespeare's magical trio, however, is itself based in folklore with roots in pre-Christian mythology, namely, the belief in a trinity of goddesses whose job in the greater order of things is to assign fate to us mortals.
Source: The Weird Sisters
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