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appositional |
appositive |
appositively |
appraisable |
appraisal |
appraise
| appraisement
| appraiser
| appraising
| apprecation
| apprecatory
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appraise
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb appraise has 2 senses
- appraise(v = verb.cognition) assess, evaluate, measure, valuate, value - evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"; "access all the factors when taking a risk" is one way to evaluate, judge, pass judgment
- appraise(v = verb.cognition) survey - consider in a comprehensive way; "He appraised the situation carefully before acting" is one way to analyse, analyze, canvas, canvass, examine, study
Derived forms noun appraisal1, noun appraiser1, noun appraiser2
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CIDE DICTIONARY
- To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels. [1913 Webster]
- To estimate; to conjecture. [1913 Webster]"Enoch . . . appraised his weight." [1913 Webster]
- To praise; to commend. R. Browning. [1913 Webster]" In the United States, this word is often pronounced, and sometimes written, apprize." [1913 Webster]"Appraised the Lycian custom." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
appraise, v.tr.
1 estimate the value or quality of (appraised her skills).
2 (esp. of an official valuer) set a price on; value.
1 estimate the value or quality of (appraised her skills).
2 (esp. of an official valuer) set a price on; value.
Derivative
appraisable adj. appraiser n. appraisive adj.
Etymology
APPRIZE by assim. to PRAISE
THESAURUS
appraise
adjudge, appreciate, assay, assess, audit, calculate, calibrate, caliper, call, catalog, categorize, check a parameter, class, classify, compute, deem, dial, divide, esteem, estimate, evaluate, examine, factor, fair-trade, fathom, figure, form an estimate, gauge, give an appreciation, graduate, group, guess, identify, inspect, judge, make an estimation, mark, measure, mensurate, mete, meter, pace, plumb, price, prize, probe, quantify, quantize, quote a price, rank, rate, reckon, scrutinize, set at, sift, size, size up, sort, sort out, sound, span, step, survey, take a reading, thrash out, triangulate, valorize, valuate, value, weigh, winnowROGET THESAURUS
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Price
VB bear a price, set a price, fix a price, appraise, assess, doom, price, charge, demand, ask, require, exact, run up, distrain, run up a bill, have one's price, liquidate, amount to, come to, mount up to, stand one in, fetch, sell for, cost, bring in, yield, afford.Value
VB value, esteem, appreciate, appraise, evaluate, assess.Measurement
VB measure, mete, determine, assay, evaluate, value, assess, rate, appraise, estimate, form an estimate, set a value on, appreciate, standardize, span, pace step, apply the compass, gauge, plumb, probe, sound, fathom, heave the log, heave the lead, survey, weigh, take an average, graduate.
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