Part 702

<hw>As*sert"ive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.</def>

<blockquote>In a confident and <b>assertive</b> form. <i>Glanvill.</i></blockquote>

<wordforms><wf>As*sert"ive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>As*sert"ive*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Assertor</h1> <Xpage=91>

<hw>As*sert"or</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>asserere</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who asserts or avers; one who maintains or vindicates a claim or a right; an affirmer, supporter, or vindicator; a defender; an asserter.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>assertors</b> of liberty said not a word. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Faithful <b>assertor</b> of thy country's cause. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Assertorial</h1> <Xpage=91>

<hw>As`ser*to"ri*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Asserting that a thing <i>is</i>; -- opposed to <i>problematical</i> and <i>apodeictical</i>.</def>

<h1>Assertory</h1> <Xpage=91>

<hw>As*sert"o*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>assertorius</ets>, fr. <ets>asserere</ets>.]</ety> <def>Affirming; maintaining.</def>

<blockquote>Arguments . . . <b>assertory</b>, not probatory. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>An <b>assertory</b>, not a promissory, declaration. <i>Bentham.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A proposition is <b>assertory</b>, when it enounces what is known as actual. <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Assess</h1> <Xpage=91>

<hw>As*sess"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Assessed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Assessing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>assesser</ets> to regulate, settle, LL. <ets>assessare</ets> to value for taxation, fr. L. <ets>assidere</ets>, supine as if <ets>assessum</ets>, to sit by, esp. of judges in a court, in LL. to assess, tax. Cf. <er>Assize</er>, <ets>v</ets>., <er>Cess</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To apportion a sum to be paid by (a person, a community, or an estate), in the nature of a tax, fine, etc.; to impose a tax upon (a person, an estate, or an income) according to a rate or apportionment.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To determine and impose a tax or fine upon (a person, community, estate, or income); to tax; <as>as, the club <ex>assessed</ex> each member twenty-five cents</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To fix or determine the rate or amount of.</def>

<blockquote>This sum is <b>assessed</b> and raised upon individuals by commissioners in the act. <i>Blackstone.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Assessable</h1> <Xpage=91>

<hw>As*sess"a*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Liable to be assessed or taxed; <as>as, <ex>assessable</ex> property</as>.</def>

<h1>Assessee</h1> <Xpage=91>

<hw>As`sess*ee"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who is assessed.</def>

<h1>Assession</h1> <Xpage=91>

<hw>As*ses"sion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>assessio</ets>, fr. <ets>assid<?/re</ets> to sit by or near; <ets>ad + sed<?/re</ets> to sit. See <er>Sit</er>.]</ety> <def>A sitting beside or near.</def>

<h1>Assessment</h1> <Xpage=91>

<hw>As*sess"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>assessamentum</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; <as>as, an <ex>assessment</ex> of damages, or of taxes; an <ex>assessment</ex> of the members of a club.</as></def>