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ap·praise

   [uh-preyz]
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 Middle English apraysen to set a value on, probably a conflation of aprisen to apprize1 and preisen to praise (with sense of prize2)

Related forms
ap·prais·a·ble, adjective
ap·prais·er, noun
ap·prais·ing·ly, adverb
ap·prais·ive, adjective
mis·ap·praise, verb (used with object), -praised, -prais·ing.
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o·ver·ap·praise, verb (used with object), -praised, -prais·ing.
re·ap·praise, verb (used with object), -praised, -prais·ing.
un·ap·praised, adjective
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Can be confused: appraise, apprise.
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  • In many communities, the brokers selling houses were called upon by banks to appraise them, thereby collecting two commissions.
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appraise (əˈpreɪz)
 
—vb
1.  to assess the worth, value, or quality of
2.  to make a valuation of, as for taxation purposes
 
[C15: from Old French aprisier, from prisier to prize²]
 
usage  Appraise is sometimes wrongly used where apprise is meant: they had been apprised (not appraised) of my arrival
 
ap'praisable
 
—adj
 
ap'praiser
 
—n
 
ap'praisingly
 
—adv
 
ap'praisive
 
—adj
 
ap'praisively
 
—adv

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appraise
1530s, from Fr. apprécier, from L.L. appretiare "value, estimate," from ad- "to" + pretium "price" (see price). Original Eng. spelling apprize altered by influence of praise (q.v.). Related: Appraiser (1520s).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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