See assess in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To establish and apply as compulsory:
exact, impose, levy, put. See obligation, over, willingTo make a judgment as to the worth or value of:
appraise, assay, calculate, estimate, evaluate, gauge, judge, rate1, size up, valuate, value. Idiom: take the measure of. See value
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