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To lay a tax upon; to assess. [Obs.]

Hurry; run. [Obs.] Shak.

Resting directly upon the main stem or branch, without a petiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf or blossom.

Having eyes which are not elevated on a stalk; -- opposed to stalk-eyed. Sessile-eyed Crustacea, the Arthrostraca.

itting, or the state of being seated. [Archaic] So much his ascension into heaven and his session at the right hand of God do import. Hooker. But Viven, gathering somewhat of his mood, . . . Leaped from her session on his lap, and stood. Tennyson.

Of or pertaining to a session or sessions.

Same as Cesspool.

Controlled by an evil spirit or by evil passions; wild. [Colloq.]

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

Liable to be assessed or taxed; as, assessable property.

One who is assessed.

A sitting beside or near.

The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the members of a club.

a judge or magistrate with his special knowledge of the subject to be decided; as legal assessors, nautical assessors. Mozley & W.

Of or pertaining to an assessor, or to a court of assessors. Coxe.

The office or function of an assessor.

A joint assessor.

To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to eject; -- usually followed by of before the thing taken away; as, to dispossess a king of his crown. Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain. Goldsmith.

The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed. Bp. Hall.

One who dispossesses. Cowley.