assess
verb
[ əˈsɛs ]
• evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality of.
• "the committee must assess the relative importance of the issues"
Similar:
evaluate,
judge,
gauge,
rate,
estimate,
appraise,
form an opinion of,
check out,
form an impression of,
make up one's mind about,
get the measure of,
determine,
weigh up,
analyse,
size up,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French assesser, based on Latin assidere ‘sit by’ (in medieval Latin ‘levy tax’), from ad- ‘to, at’ + sedere ‘sit’. Compare with assize.
