Main Entry:

as·size

Pronunciation:

\ə-ˈsīz\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English assise, from Anglo-French, session, legal action, from asseer, asseoir to seat, from Vulgar Latin *assedēre, from Latin assidēre to sit beside, assist in the office of a judge, from ad- + sedēre to sit — more at sit

Date:

14th century

1 a: a judicial inquest b: an action to be decided by such an inquest, the writ for instituting it, or the verdict or finding rendered by the jury2 a: the former periodical sessions of the superior courts in English counties for trial of civil and criminal cases —usually used in plural b: the time or place of holding such a court, the court itself, or a session of it —usually used in plural