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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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