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ap·praise

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

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.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME apraysen to set a value on, prob. a conflation of aprisen to apprize¹ and preisen to praise (with sense of prize²)

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—Related forms

ap·prais·a·ble, adjective

ap·prais·er, noun

ap·prais·ing·ly, adverb

ap·prais·ive, adjective

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ap·praise Audio Help (ə-prāz') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. ap·praised, ap·prais·ing, ap·prais·es

To evaluate, especially in an official capacity.
To estimate the quality, amount, size, and other features of; judge. See Synonyms at estimate.

[Middle English appreisen, possibly from Old French aprisier, from Late Latin appretiāre : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin pretium, price; see per-⁵ in Indo-European roots.]

ap·prais'ing·ly adv., ap·prais'a·ble adj., ap·praise'ment n., ap·prais'er n., ap·prais'ing·ly adv.

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appraising
adjective
exercising or involving careful evaluations; "looked him over with an appraising eye"; "the literary judge uses many evaluative terms"

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Main Entry: ap·praise
Pronunciation: &-\'prAz
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: ap·praised; ap·prais·ing
: to estimate the value of : make an appraisal of —ap·prais·er noun

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