appraise

[ap·praise]

When you buy a house someone will need to appraise its value before you can get a mortgage. To appraise something is to figure out its worth in the marketplace, on the field, or in the world of ideas.

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To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.

Verb
consider in a comprehensive way; "He appraised the situation carefully before acting"

Verb
place a value on; judge the worth of something; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"

v. t.
To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.

v. t.
To estimate; to conjecture.

v. t.
To praise; to commend.

Appraise

Ap*praise" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appraised ; p. pr. & vb. n. Appraising.] [Pref. ad- + praise. See Praise, Price, Apprize, Appreciate.] 1. To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels. 2. To estimate; to conjecture.

Enoch . . . appraised his weight.

3. To praise; to commend. [Obs.] R. Browning.

Appraised the Lycian custom.

&hand; In the United States, this word is often pronounced, and sometimes written, apprize.

To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.

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