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ap⋅praise

  [uh-preyz]
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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 apprize 1 and preisen to praise (with sense of prize 2 )

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   (ə-prāz')   
tr.v.   ap·praised, ap·prais·ing, ap·prais·es
  1. To evaluate, especially in an official capacity.
  2. 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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