Meaning of APPRAISE
| Pronunciation: | | u'preyz
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- [v] consider in a comprehensive way; "He appraised the situation carefully before acting"
- [v] place a value on; judge the worth of something; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"
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| | Synonyms: | | assess, evaluate, measure, survey, valuate, value |
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| | See Also: | | analyse, analyze, canvass, censor, examine, grade, judge, mark, praise, rate, reassess, reevaluate, score, standardise, standardize, study | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ap*praise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Appraised}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Appraising}.] [Pref. ad- + praise. See {Praise},
{Price}, {Apprize}, {Appreciate}.]
1. To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by
persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods
and chattels.
2. To estimate; to conjecture.
Enoch . . . appraised his weight. --Tennyson.
3. To praise; to commend. [Obs.] --R. Browning.
Appraised the Lycian custom. --Tennyson.
Note: In the United States, this word is often pronounced,
and sometimes written, apprize.
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| | Related Terms: | | adjudge, appreciate, assay, assess, audit, calculate, calibrate, caliper, call, catalog, categorize, check a parameter, class, classify, compute, deem, dial, divide, esteem, estimate, evaluate, examine, factor, fair-trade, fathom, figure, form an estimate, gauge, give an appreciation, graduate, group, guess, identify, inspect, judge, make an estimation, mark, measure, mensurate, mete, meter, pace, plumb, price, prize, probe, quantify, quantize, quote a price, rank, rate, reckon, scrutinize, set at, sift, size, size up, sort, sort out, sound, span, step, survey, take a reading, thrash out, triangulate, valorize, valuate, value, weigh, winnow |
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