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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la sedeō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [asˈsɪ.de.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [asˈsiː.de.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''assideō''' (present infinitive assidēre, perfect active assēdī, supine assessum); second conjugation, no passive^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[ad-|t=by]] and [[sedeō]] “to sit”, with the vowel weakened to ⟨i⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's first citations are from Cicero, of sitting by someone.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to sit near, sit by, as Cicero's ''nōn assidēre'' and his sitting beside someone, to sit as an assessor or counsellor, to support someone in court, and to sit by the sick, watch over them.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In war it meant to encamp near, besiege, as in Livy and Sallust.^(OLD 2012) It meant to be situated near, of places to adjoin, as in Horace, to devote oneself to something, as in Ovid, and to be akin to, resemble, as in Horace.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to sit, be seated.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''assidere''.^(Wiktionary) Through Old French ''assise'', the participle of ''asseoir'' from it, it is the source of [[en|size]] about 1300, and [[en|assess]] comes from its participle ''assessus''.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of sitting by and assisting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust uses it of besieging.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of adjoining and resembling.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 1300 – English ''size'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To sit near, sit by.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To sit as an assessor; to support (in court).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To watch over (the sick).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To [[m|en|besiege]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # To adjoin; to devote oneself (to).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To resemble.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[assessio]]
+ * [[assessor]]
+ * [[assessura]]
+ * [[assessus]]
+ * [[assestrīx]]
+ * [[assidelus]]
+ * [[assiduus]]
+ * [[*assediāre]]
+ * [[*asseditō]]
+ * [[assidelae]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[circumsedeō]]
+ * [[dēsideō]]
+ * [[dissideō]]
+ * [[īnsideō]]
+ * [[obsideō]]
+ * [[persedeō]]
+ * [[possideō]]
+ * [[praesideō]]
+ * [[resideō]]
+ * [[sedeō]]
+ * [[en|assess]]
+ * [[en|size]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}