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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press: assess /əˈses/ ▶verb evaluate or estimate the nature, value, or quality of. ■ set the value of a tax, fine, etc., for (a person or property) at a specified level.
– derivatives assessable adjective , assessment noun , assessor noun .
– origin ME : from OFr. assesser , based on L. assidere ‘sit by’ (in med. L. ‘levy tax’), from ad- ‘to, at’ + sedere ‘sit’.
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