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Answer for the clue "Assess for a purpose ", 5 letters:
agist

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Word definitions for agist in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Agist \A*gist"\, v. t. [OF. agister; [`a] (L. ad) + gister to assign a lodging, fr. giste lodging, abode, F. g[^i]te, LL. gistum, gista, fr. L. jacitum, p. p. of jac?re to lie: cf. LL. agistare, adgistare. See Gist .] (Law) To take to graze or pasture, ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. To take to graze or pasture, at a certain sum; used originally of the feeding of cattle in the king's forests, and collecting the money for the same.

Usage examples of agist.

The yard Goldplated was stabled in was very spacious, used to agist stallions during the off season.