assess Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
    bum; seat; stern; keister; tail end; prat; bottom; rear end; buns; tail; tush; rump; fanny; ass; behind; tooshie; hind end; posterior; hindquarters; butt; nates; rear; arse; buttocks; backside; derriere; can; fundament.
    • he deserves a good kick in the butt
    • are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
  2. noun a pompous fool
    ass.
  3. noun hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse
    ass.
  4. noun slang for sexual intercourse
    ass; screw; piece of tail; fucking; shtup; screwing; fuck; roll in the hay; nookie; piece of ass; nooky; shag.
  5. verb evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
    evaluate; measure; value; valuate; appraise.
    • I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional
    • access all the factors when taking a risk
  6. verb charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine
  7. verb set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)
    tax.
  8. verb estimate the value of (property) for taxation
    • Our house hasn't been assessed in years

WordNet

As*sess" transitive verb
Etymology
OF. assesser to regulate, settle, LL. assessare to value for taxation, fr. L. assidere, supine as if assessum, to sit by, esp. of judges in a court, in LL. to assess, tax. Cf. Assize, v., Cess.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Assessed present participle & verbal noun Assessing
Definitions
  1. To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.
  2. To apportion a sum to be paid by (a person, a community, or an estate), in the nature of a tax, fine, etc.; to impose a tax upon (a person, an estate, or an income) according to a rate or apportionment.
  3. To determine and impose a tax or fine upon (a person, community, estate, or income); to tax; as, the club assessed each member twenty-five cents.
  4. To fix or determine the rate or amount of.
    This sum is assessed and raised upon individuals by commissioners in the act. Blackstone.

Webster 1913