assise

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French assise. === Noun === assise (plural assises) (geology, stratigraphy) Two or more beds or strata of rock united by the occurrence of fossils of the same characteristic species or genera. Synonym: bed === Anagrams === saises == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.siz/ === Etymology 1 === See asseoir. ==== Noun ==== assise f (plural assises) foundation (supporting base of a wall) (figuratively) base, basis, foundation Synonyms: base, fondation (geology) stratum, bed, layer (layer of sedimentary rock) (ecology) stratum (layer of vegetation) (anatomy) stratum (layer of tissue) (masonry) course (row or layer of bricks) seat of a chair ==== Participle ==== assise f sg feminine singular of assis ==== Adjective ==== assise feminine singular of assis ===== See also ===== assises (further definitions) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== assise f (plural assises) (archaic, Lorraine, chiefly plural) fly excrement === Further reading === “assise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === essais == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /asˈsi.ze/ Rhymes: -ize Hyphenation: as‧sì‧se === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== assise f pl (plural only) assizes === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== assise f pl feminine plural of assiso == Middle English == === Alternative forms === assys, assyse, assyce, assis, assisse, asyse, a-sise, asyce, ascyse, asysse, a-cyse, acyse === Etymology === From Old French assises, from Latin assideō. Compare syse. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈsiːz(ə)/ === Noun === assise (plural assises) (law) A holding of the court of assize (a regularly-scheduled regional court); an assizes. (law) A legal case for a court of assize. (law) A legal document or text enforcing a standard for an item. (law) An enforced standard measurement of a product's nature (e.g. mass, standard, dimensions, etc.) A method, a way of doing something. A type or sort of something; a variety. Established or standard practice; customary action. A verdict, finding, or conclusion. (religion) The Final Judgment. (law) Any legal text or document; a law. The correct or normal position in a sequential group. (rare) A point of difference; that which makes something distinct. ==== Descendants ==== English: assize Scots: assize (now rare) ==== References ==== “assīse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 April 2018. === Adjective === assise customary, standard, usual ==== References ==== “assīse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 April 2018.