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

By the year after that, it had paid millions of dollars above the appraised value for hundreds of acres near a winding gravel road in a central Georgia town with no water lines and spotty cellphone service.
A Power Company’s Quiet Land-Buying Spree Could Shield It From Coal Ash Cleanup Costs|by Max Blau for Georgia Health News|November 24, 2020|ProPublica
If the home appraises for anything between $580-600k, you would proceed with the contract and pay the difference.
How to win a multiple offer battle when buying a home in D.C.|Khalil Alexander El-Ghoul|November 6, 2020|Washington Blade
Scattergood walked along in silence for a few paces; then he regarded Mr. Spackles appraisingly.
Scattergood Baines|Clarence Budington Kelland
He stood eyeing Bud appraisingly, much as Bud had eyed Frank a couple of hours before.
Cabin Fever|B. M. Bower

Manning paused, looking appraisingly at the faces before him.
Warlord of Kor|Terry Gene Carr
For fully ten seconds the big fellow faced Oliver, his blue eyes studying him carefully, appraisingly.
The Heritage of the Hills|Arthur P. Hankins
After surveying the situation appraisingly, the little mustang turned around until his back feet were pointing toward the opening.
Ticktock and Jim|Keith Robertson

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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