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Webster 1913 Edition
Appraise
Ap-praise′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Appraised
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Appraising
.] 1.
To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose;
as, to
. appraise
goods and chattels2.
To estimate; to conjecture.
Enoch . . .
appraised
his weight. Tennyson.
3.
To praise; to commend.
[Obs.]
R. Browning.
Appraised
the Lycian custom. Tennyson.
☞ In the United States, this word is often pronounced, and sometimes written, apprize.
Webster 1828 Edition
Appraise
APPRA'ISE
,Verb.
T.
This word is written and often pronounced after the French and Italian manner. But generally it is pronounced more correctly apprize, directly from the Eng. price or prize. [See Apprize.]
To set a value; to estimate the worth, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose.