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verb

Appraise v. t. (past & past part. appraised; pres. part. appraising)

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

To estimate; to conjecture. "Enoch... appraised his weight."

To praise; to commend. (Obs.) "Appraised the Lycian custom." Note: In the United States, this word is often pronounced, and sometimes written, apprize.

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Etymology of 'Appraise'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Appraise" Quotes from Famous Books

... Lord Valletort, who had not seen Otto Schmidt smile once during the past hour, discovered that he had not begun to appraise his new ally's ...

— One Wonderful Night - A Romance of New York • Louis Tracy

... would take on this earth. "Even in this out-of-the-way corner of the Cosmos," we might have reflected, "and on this tiny star, it may be of interest to consider the trend of events." We should have tried to appraise the different species as they wandered around, each with its own set of good and bad characteristics. Which group, we'd have wondered, would ever contrive to ...

— This Simian World • Clarence Day Jr.

... much for those who value highly the concentrated presentment of passion, who appraise men and women by their susceptibility to it, and art and poetry as they afford the spectacle of it. Breaking from time to time into the pensive spectacle of their daily toil, their occupations near to nature, come those great elementary feelings, lifting ...

— The Gate of Appreciation - Studies in the Relation of Art to Life • Carleton Noyes

... with only in royal treasuries," said the jeweller. "They are antique, and look like sparkling blood. Their value is immense, your majesty; only a connoisseur would be able to appreciate them, and it is difficult to appraise them but by the standard value of other Turkish rubies. A jeweller might, however, receive twice as much as I name—four thousand dollars, according to the ...

— Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia • L. Muhlbach

... pleasure he takes in being again with this dear child permits.) That "Oh, yes, you!" is a very fitting reward for my devotion. For I find that nowadays I travel about the kingdom buying jewels less for my patrons at court than for the pleasure of having your eyes appraise them, ...

— The Jewel Merchants - A Comedy In One Act • James Branch Cabell

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