v. t. [ Aphetic form of assess. See Assess, Cess. ] To lay a tax upon; to assess. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A tax; an assessment. See Cess. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

interj. Hurry; run. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sessilis low, dwarf, from sedere, sessum, to sit: cf. F. sessile. ] 1. Attached without any sensible projecting support. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Resting directly upon the main stem or branch, without a petiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf or blossom. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) Permanently attached; -- said of the gonophores of certain hydroids which never became detached. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having eyes which are not elevated on a stalk; -- opposed to stalk-eyed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sessile-eyed Crustacea, the Arthrostraca. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. sessio, fr. sedere, sessum, to sit: cf. F. session. See Sit. ] 1. The act of sitting, or the state of being seated. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

So much his ascension into heaven and his session at the right hand of God do import. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

But Viven, gathering somewhat of his mood, . . .
Leaped from her session on his lap, and stood. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The actual sitting of a court, council, legislature, etc., or the actual assembly of the members of such a body, for the transaction of business. [ 1913 Webster ]

It's fit this royal session do proceed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, also, the time, period, or term during which a court, council, legislature, etc., meets daily for business; or, the space of time between the first meeting and the prorogation or adjournment; thus, a session of Parliaments is opened with a speech from the throne, and closed by prorogation. The session of a judicial court is called a term. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was resolved that the convocation should meet at the beginning of the next session of Parliament. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Sessions, in some of the States, is particularly used as a title for a court of justices, held for granting licenses to innkeepers, etc., and for laying out highways, and the like; it is also the title of several courts of criminal jurisdiction in England and the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

Church session, the lowest court in the Presbyterian Church, composed of the pastor and a body of elders elected by the members of a particular church, and having the care of matters pertaining to the religious interests of that church, as the admission and dismission of members, discipline, etc. --
Court of Session, the supreme civil court of Scotland. --
Quarter sessions. (Eng.Law) See under Quarter. --
Sessions of the peace, sittings held by justices of the peace. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a session or sessions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prov. E. suss hogwash, soss a dirty mess, a puddle + E. pool a puddle; cf. Gael. ses a coarse mess. ] Same as Cesspool. [ 1913 Webster ]