appraise

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: ap=praise

CIDE DICTIONARY

appraise, v. t. [Pref. ad- + praise. See Praise, Price, Apprize, Appreciate.].

•  To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.  [1913 Webster]
•  To estimate; to conjecture.  [1913 Webster]

  "Enoch . . . appraised his weight."  [1913 Webster]
•  To praise; to commend.  R. Browning.  [1913 Webster]

  " In the United States, this word is often pronounced, and sometimes written, apprize."  [1913 Webster]

  "Appraised the Lycian custom."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

appraise, v.tr.
1 estimate the value or quality of (appraised her skills).
2 (esp. of an official valuer) set a price on; value.

Derivative

appraisable adj. appraiser n. appraisive adj.

Etymology

APPRIZE by assim. to PRAISE

THESAURUS

appraise

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

ROGET THESAURUS

appraise

Price

VB bear a price, set a price, fix a price, appraise, assess, doom, price, charge, demand, ask, require, exact, run up, distrain, run up a bill, have one's price, liquidate, amount to, come to, mount up to, stand one in, fetch, sell for, cost, bring in, yield, afford.

Value

VB value, esteem, appreciate, appraise, evaluate, assess.

Measurement

VB measure, mete, determine, assay, evaluate, value, assess, rate, appraise, estimate, form an estimate, set a value on, appreciate, standardize, span, pace step, apply the compass, gauge, plumb, probe, sound, fathom, heave the log, heave the lead, survey, weigh, take an average, graduate.