"assize" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /əˈsaɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-assize.wav [Southern-England] Forms: assizes [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English assise, from Old French assises, from Latin assidere. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|assise}} Middle English assise, {{der|en|fro|assises}} Old French assises, {{der|en|la|assidere}} Latin assidere Head templates: {{en-noun}} assize (plural assizes)
  1. A session or inquiry made before a court or jury. Translations (a session or inquiry made before a court or jury): sisa [feminine] (Galician), assisa (english: medieval) [feminine] (Latin), суде́бное разбира́тельство (sudébnoje razbirátelʹstvo) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-assize-en-noun-ZKjHyWIl Disambiguation of 'a session or inquiry made before a court or jury': 91 2 1 1 3 2
  2. The verdict reached or pronouncement given by a panel of jurors.
    Sense id: en-assize-en-noun-~IRNTp3j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 13 12 33 30 5 3
  3. 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. Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-assize-en-noun-bnZYzfaS Disambiguation of Law: 5 10 37 25 4 3 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 13 12 33 30 5 3
  4. A statute or ordinance, especially one regulating weights and measures.
    Sense id: en-assize-en-noun-HIJYND9z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 13 12 33 30 5 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 17 13 35 21 5 3
  5. Anything fixed or reduced to a certainty in point of time, number, quantity, quality, weight, measure, etc.
    Sense id: en-assize-en-noun-SKaobIV1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 13 12 33 30 5 3
  6. (obsolete) Measure; dimension; size. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-assize-en-noun-Jl6f70Ms
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: aßize [obsolete] Derived forms: Great Assize, maiden assize

Verb [English]

IPA: /əˈsaɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-assize.wav [Southern-England] Forms: assizes [present, singular, third-person], assizing [participle, present], assized [participle, past], assized [past]
Etymology: From Middle English assise, from Old French assises, from Latin assidere. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|assise}} Middle English assise, {{der|en|fro|assises}} Old French assises, {{der|en|la|assidere}} Latin assidere Head templates: {{en-verb}} assize (third-person singular simple present assizes, present participle assizing, simple past and past participle assized)
  1. (transitive) To assess; to set or fix the quantity or price. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-assize-en-verb-hAEU3kdb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: aßize [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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