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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : uh-ses |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈsɛs |
Definition of assess
Origin :- early 15c., "to fix the amount (of a tax, fine, etc.)," from Anglo-French assesser, from Medieval Latin assessare "fix a tax upon," originally frequentative of Latin assessus "a sitting by," past participle of assidere "to sit beside" (and thus to assist in the office of a judge), from ad- "to" (see ad-) + sedere "to sit" (see sedentary). One of the judge's assistant's jobs was to fix the amount of a fine or tax. Meaning "to estimate the value of property for the purpose of taxing it" is from 1809; transferred sense of "to judge the value of a person, idea, etc." is from 1934. Related: Assessed; assessing.
- verb evaluate, determine
- verb assign fee,
- She could not assess her trespass by any moral code; it was everything or nothing.
- Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
- I cannot pretend to assess impartially the value of this movement.
- Extract from : « Irish Books and Irish People » by Stephen Gwynn
- How can it step out of the scales and assess its own weight?
- Extract from : « Progress and History » by Various
- We said we might buy something more and he could assess them all together.
- Extract from : « Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 » by Jasper Danckaerts
- I have no right to—to assess it, to make a definition of it.
- Extract from : « Somehow Good » by William de Morgan
- It was not for him to assess the significance of Mr. Forbes's desire to remain in the background.
- Extract from : « Number Seventeen » by Louis Tracy
- The judge shall not assess a fine for the non-payment of his fine.
- Extract from : « A Source Book for Mediaeval History » by Oliver J. Thatcher
- Officials were appointed to assess and collect taxes from all subjects.
- Extract from : « The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 2 » by Hubert Howe Bancroft
- In 1851 I was elected assessor and was the second man to assess the county.
- Extract from : « The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society, Vol. IV » by Various
- It was a sort of emulation that had made him assess his old lady as the senior.
- Extract from : « When Ghost Meets Ghost » by William Frend De Morgan
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