English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Assistantly
(adv.)
In a manner to give aid.
Assisted
(imp. & p. p.)
of Assist
Assister
(n.)
An assistant; a helper.
Assistful
(a.)
Helpful.
Assisting
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Assist
Assistive
(a.)
Lending aid, helping.
Assistless
(a.)
Without aid or help.
Assistor
(n.)
A assister.
Assithment
(n.)
See Assythment.
Assize
(n.)
A verdict or finding of a jury upon such writ.
Assize
(n.)
A statute or ordinance in general. Specifically: (1) A
statute regulating the weight, measure, and proportions of ingredients
and the price of articles sold in the market; as, the assize of bread
and other provisions; (2) A statute fixing the standard of weights and
measures.
Assize
(n.)
Anything fixed or reduced to a certainty in point of time,
number, quantity, quality, weight, measure, etc.; as, rent of assize.
Assize
(n.)
A court, the sitting or session of a court, for the trial
of processes, whether civil or criminal, by a judge and jury.
Assize
(n.)
The periodical sessions of the judges of the superior
courts in every county of England for the purpose of administering
justice in the trial and determination of civil and criminal cases; --
usually in the plural.
Assize
(n.)
The time or place of holding the court of assize; --
generally in the plural, assizes.
Assize
(n.)
Measure; dimension; size.
Assize
(v.)
To assess; to value; to rate.
Assize
(v.)
To fix the weight, measure, or price of, by an ordinance or
regulation of authority.
Assize
(n.)
A kind of writ or real action.
Assize
(n.)
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.