Noah Webster
Assess
ASSESS', verb transitive [Latin assideo, ad and sedeo.]
1. To set, fix or charge a certain sum upon one, as a tax; as, to assess each citizen in due proportion.
2. To value; to fix the value of property, for the purpose of being taxed; as by the law of the United States. Also, to value or fix the profits of business, for the purpose of taxation.
3. To set, fix or ascertain; as, it is the province of a jury to assess damages.
ASSESS', noun Assessment. [Not used.]