Thesaurus: appraise
To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.
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Definitions
- v. t. To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.
- v. t. To estimate; to conjecture.
- v. t. To praise; to commend.
- v. evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
- v. consider in a comprehensive way
- 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.
- v:100 v evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of v consider in a comprehensive way