appraise

[uh-preyz]

verb (used with object)

appraised, appraising 

1. to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess.

   We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it.

2. to estimate the nature, quality, importance, etc..

   He tried to appraise the poetry of John Updike.

appraise

/ əˈpreɪz /

verb

1. to assess the worth, value, or quality of

2. to make a valuation of, as for taxation purposes

Usage

Appraise is sometimes wrongly used where apprise is meant: they had been apprised ( not appraised ) of my arrival

Other Word Forms

• appraisable adjective
• appraiser noun
• appraisingly adverb
• appraisive adjective
• misappraise verb (used with object)
• overappraise verb (used with object)
• reappraise verb (used with object)
• unappraised adjective
• appraisively adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of appraise¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English apraysen “to set a value on”; probably equivalent to a conflation of apprize ¹ and praise (with the sense of prize ² )

Word History and Origins

Origin of appraise¹

C15: from Old French aprisier, from prisier to _prize ²

Example Sentences

Otherwise, you can get this item appraised by a jeweler.

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The man looked the children over with an appraising eye.

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The properties will never sell as he has them listed 30%-40% higher than what they are appraised at.

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There were new faces, too, including a cohort of young men who appraised Cruz with curiosity and suspicion.

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The $200-million sale was considered a bargain compared with the building’s appraised value of more than $600 million a few years earlier — a symptom of plummeting downtown office values.

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Related Words

• apprize 
• assess 
• audit 
• calculate 
• check out 
• evaluate 
• examine 
• gauge 
• inspect 
• peg