Appraise

v. t. [imp. & p. p. APPRAISED; p. pr. & vb. n. APPRAISING.] [O. Fr. apreiser, apreisier, aprisier, aproisier, Lat. appretiare, to value at a price, to appraise, from ad and pretiare, to prize; pretium, value, price; O. Fr. preiser, preisier, prisier, proisier, equiv. to Lat. pretiare; O. Fr. preis, preiz, pris, N. Fr. prix, equiv. to Lat. pretium. The Fr. apprécier and Eng. appreciate are more modern forms of the same word.] To set a value on; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.

☞ In America, this word is often pronounced, and sometimes written, apprize.

v. t. [See PRAISE.] To praise; to commend. [Rare.] Browning. “Appraised the Lycian custom.” Tennyson.