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cess       (sěs)  Pronunciation Key  n.   Irish Luck. [Possibly short for success.]

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Cess

As*sess"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Assessing.] [OF. assesser to regulate, settle, LL. assessare to value for taxation, fr. L. assidere, supine as if assessum, to sit by, esp. of judges in a court, in LL. to assess, tax. Cf. Assize, v., Cess.]

1. To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.

2. 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.

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

4. To fix or determine the rate or amount of.

This sum is assessed and raised upon individuals by commissioners in the act. --Blackstone.

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Cess

Cess\, n. [For sess, conts. from Assess.]

1. A rate or tax. [Obs. or Prof. Eng. & Scot.] --Spenser.

2. Bound; measure. [Obs.]

The poor jade is wrung in the withers out of all cess. --Shak.

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Cess

Cess\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Cessing.] To rate; to tax; to assess. --Spenser.

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