Assign

ASSIGN

-verb

1. to select for and appoint to a post, etc.

2. to give out or allot (a task, problem, etc.)

3. to set apart (a place, person, time, etc.) for a particular function or event

4. to attribute to a specified cause, origin, or source; ascribe

5. to transfer (one's right, interest, or title to property) to someone else

6. (also intr.) law . (formerly) to transfer (property) to trustees so that it may be used for the benefit of creditors

7. military . to allocate (men or materials) on a permanent basis

8. computing . to place (a value corresponding to a variable) in a memory location

-noun

9. law . a person to whom property is assigned; assignee

This much I chose

To assign to fate

That we should meet

In an unknown street

By a fantastic lantern

In the brightness

Of a cloudy day.