appraise

[ uh-preyz ]

/ əˈpreɪz /

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verb (used with object), ap·praised, ap·prais·ing.

to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess: We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it.

to estimate the nature, quality, importance, etc.: He tried to appraise the poetry of John Updike.

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Origin of appraise

1400–50; late Middle English apraysen to set a value on, probably a conflation of aprisen to apprize¹ and preisen to praise (with sense of prize²)

OTHER WORDS FROM appraise

ap·prais·a·ble, adjectiveap·prais·er, nounap·prais·ing·ly, adverbap·prais·ive, adjective

mis·ap·praise, verb (used with object), mis·ap·praised, mis·ap·prais·ing.o·ver·ap·praise, verb (used with object), o·ver·ap·praised, o·ver·ap·prais·ing.re·ap·praise, verb (used with object), re·ap·praised, re·ap·prais·ing.un·ap·praised, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH appraise

appraise , apprise

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How to use appraise in a sentence

For Rey Cano, a residential appraiser, the issue is more about public safety.
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HollywoodLife.com posted a closeup of the gaudy diamond ring, with an appraiser estimating its value at upward of $750,000.
Hockey Hunks Conquer Hollywood!|Peter Lauria|June 1, 2010|DAILY BEAST
There is no source for that valuation beyond Bernie, no appraiser's opinion attached.
Ruth's Secret Stash|Allan Dodds Frank|March 15, 2009|DAILY BEAST
You are an expert appraiser of art, and you take good fees from various dealers.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various

Mr. Girard, the appraiser, felt in his inmost soul that Robert Hooker knew something about it.
The Unpublishable Memoirs|A. S. W. Rosenbach
He then began coughing very much, and she estimated his life with an appraiser's eye as he sank back ghastly pale.
Jude the Obscure|Thomas Hardy
For, feeling my eyes upon her, she looked up and met what she must have thought the impudent stare of an appraiser.
To Have and To Hold|Mary Johnston
There will be no need for the most querulous appraiser to find fault with Mr. Holliday on the score of over-eulogy.
Pipefuls|Christopher Morley

British Dictionary definitions for appraise

appraise

/ (əˈpreɪz) /

verb (tr)

to assess the worth, value, or quality of

to make a valuation of, as for taxation purposes

Derived forms of appraise

appraisable, adjectiveappraiser, nounappraisingly, adverbappraisive, adjective

appraisively, adverb

Word Origin for appraise

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

usage for appraise

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

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