assize

== English == === Alternative forms === aßize (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English assise, from Old French assises, feminine plural participle of Old French asseoir (“to sit”), from Latin assidere. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈsaɪz/ Rhymes: -aɪz === Noun === assize (plural assizes) A session or inquiry made before a court or jury. The verdict reached or pronouncement given by a panel of jurors. An assembly of knights and other substantial men, with a bailiff or justice, in a certain place and at a certain time, for public business. A statute or ordinance, especially one regulating weights and measures. Anything fixed or reduced to a certainty in point of time, number, quantity, quality, weight, measure, etc. (obsolete) A measure, dimension, or size. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === assize (third-person singular simple present assizes, present participle assizing, simple past and past participle assized) (transitive) To assess; to set or fix the quantity or price. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “assize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Saizes