Assign
Assign verb - To give a task, duty, or responsibility to.
Rule
Rule verb - To exercise authority or power over.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- However, a pirate captain's orders are absolute, and there's no rule a captain cannot assign his crew a mission to be dismissed.
Source: Loophole Abuse / Anime and Manga -
Rule of Empathy: Austin cant stand when people only care about events that affect themselves/their families and friends, or when people assign value to others based on their appearance.
Source: Literature / Hollow Places - Rule of Funny: Generally, for all but the most serious of plots, you can bet that for any mission the captain is going to "randomly" assign teams based on which characters are most likely to drive each other insane.
Source: Roleplay / The Sky Tides
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