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assess

verb
/əˈsɛs/CA/əˈses/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sedéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sedēō Latin sedeō Latin assideō Latin assessus Medieval Latin assessareder. Old French assesserbor. Middle English assessen English assess From Middle English assessen, from Old French assesser, from Medieval Latin assessare, originally the frequentative of Latin assessus, past participle of assidēre, from ad (“to, towards, at”) + sedeō (“sit; settle down”). Cognate with Spanish asentar (“to settle”).

  1. derived from assessus
  2. derived from assessare
  3. derived from assesser
  4. inherited from assessen

Definitions

  1. To determine, estimate or judge the value of

    To determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate; to estimate.

    • He assessed the situation.
    • An insurance adjuster will assess the damage.
    • Similarly, the Paris Agreement allowed countries to voluntarily report their military emissions, which means that we still do not have any way to accurately assess the global environmental toll of warfare.

  2. To impose or charge, especially as punishment for an infraction.

    • The referee assessed a penalty for delaying the game.
    • A $10.00 late fee will be assessed on all overdue accounts.
    • Judge Cohen ruled that Blacklock, McKenzie and Benschop must make restitution for the $50.29 damage and that each must pay a mandatory $40.00 surcharge assessed to anybody who is found guilty of a misdemeanor in New York state.

  3. To calculate and demand (the tax money due) from a person or entity.

    • Once you've submitted a tax return, the Tax Department will assess the amount of tax you still owe.

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Derived

assessability, assessable, assessably, assessee, assessible, assessingly, assessment, misassess, nonassessed, overassess, overassessment, preassess, reassess, risk-assess, risk-assessed, unassessability, unassessable, unassessably, unassessed, underassess, underassessment

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at assess. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at assess. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at assess

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA