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sess

sess verb: to lay a tax upon; to assess.

Verb

sess (third-person singular simple present sesses, present participle sessing, simple past and past participle sessed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To lay a tax upon; to assess.

Noun (1)

sess (plural sesses)

  1. (obsolete) A tax; an assessment.

Noun (2)

sess (plural sesses)

  1. (slang) Marijuana, weed.
    • Remedy for stress is three bags of sess / A day at my rest playin' chess, yes1994, Method Man featuring RZA, Inspectah Deck, Carlton Fisk & Streetlife,, “Mr. Sandman”, in Tical
    • Well, from yuh never put no cocaine inna yuh cigarette. Before, yuh woulda prefer smoke 10 pound of sess.2001, Notch, “Nuttin No Go So” (track 3), in Buy Out Riddim

sess meaning in Tamil

sess in Tamil

தீர்வை, வரி

Forms of sess

Verb
third-person singular presentsesses
present participlesessing
past participlesessed
pastsessed
alternative formcess
Noun
pluralsesses
alternative formses

Origin of sess

Aphetic form of assess.

Clipping of sensimilla.

Questions about sess

What does sess mean?
Sess means to lay a tax upon; to assess.
What is sess in Tamil?
Sess in Tamil is தீர்வை, வரி. See Sess meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sess?
Sess can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of sess?
The past tense of sess is sessed.

Words near sess in the dictionary

  1. sesquithujene
  2. sesquitone
  3. sesquitones
  4. sesquizygotic
  5. sesquizygous
  6. sess
  7. Sessa
  8. Sessas
  9. Sessay
  10. sessed
  11. Sessegnon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sess (page history and authors); sess (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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