appraise. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

appraise

SYLLABICATION:	ap·praise
PRONUNCIATION:	-prz
TRANSITIVE VERB:	Inflected forms: 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.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English appreisen, possibly from Old French aprisier, from Late Latin appretire : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin pretium, price; see per-⁵ in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:	ap·praising·ly —ADVERB ap·praisa·ble —ADJECTIVE ap·praisement —NOUN ap·praiser —NOUN ap·praising·ly —ADVERB


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