Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Assize \As*size"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assized}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Assizing}.] [From {Assize}, n.: cf. LL. assisare to
   decree in assize. Cf. {Asses}, v.]
   1. To assess; to value; to rate. [Obs.] --Gower.

   2. To fix the weight, measure, or price of, by an ordinance
      or regulation of authority. [Obs.]