appraise
verb (used with object)
to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess.
had appraised
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past perfectof appraise.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The year before, a company had appraised their four-bedroom property for $1,450,000, after they made major improvements, including adding square-footage.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2023
He had appraised the estate of a Bingham family member, giving him insight into their ancestry.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2018
A forty-year-old Paceña recalled that her mother had appraised her dinner and said, “This is not food.”
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 4, 2016
That loan was then refinanced with a $77.1 million line of credit from Gazprombank, the bank that had appraised and then auctioned off Enlightenment for several million dollars less just weeks before.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2014
The Kid had appraised him at a glance, although this stranger was far from being an ordinary person either in face or dress.
From Kid Wolf of Texas by Paul S. (Paul Sylvester) Powers
