The phrase "assigned himself to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when indicating that someone has taken on a specific task or responsibility for themselves.
Example: "He assigned himself to the project, believing he could make a significant impact."
Alternatives: "took it upon himself to" or "designated himself for".
It's as if Springsteen assigned himself to merge Woody Guthrie and gospel, all archetypes and declarations.
Balanchine assigned himself to rethink Petipa, because Petipa represented the sum of theoretical knowledge up to the end of the nineteenth century.
He assigned himself to look up at the rear of the jetliner jammed into the tower, trying -- ridiculously, he now says -- to write a description of the parts.
Mr. Simon assigned himself to put every note of the chromatic scale into the melodies, and did it so suavely that the stunt goes unnoticed.
General Martins has assigned himself to lead the latest attempt to prosecute Khalid Shaikh Mohammed — the architect of the terrorist attacks, which killed nearly 3,000 people — and four other detainees who are scheduled on Saturday to be arraigned on war crimes charges at the naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
And when he does vote in dissent, he doesn't usually assign himself to write the dissenting opinion.
At the same time, he had a notably successful term, using his authority under the court's rules to assign himself to write the majority opinion in cases in which the chief justice was in dissent.
In those cases when the coin lands on OTHER, it seems very hard to think, in spite of what the moral principle and the coin both say, that a person who still assigns himself to the positive consequences task would take that to be morally acceptable.
January 7 2016 January 8 201616 His bands have gotten considerably more compact, and he's assigned himself plenty more to do, but it all seems to be working for the multitasking Payton, a swaggering trumpeter who now, in the company of just a bassist and a drummer, has also taken to playing keyboards and singing.
At the Doctor's private therapy center, the Remobilization Farm, Jake is given "mythotherapy" in which he is instructed to read Sartre and to assign himself "masks" to abolish the ego, thus conquering his paralysis by inducing action through taking on symbolic roles.
With great conviction, Peter has assigned himself a special role to "carry on" the trio's tradition.
