What does Appraise mean?

Definitions for Appraise
əˈpreɪzap·praise

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, valueverb

    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"

  2. survey, appraiseverb

    consider in a comprehensive way

    "He appraised the situation carefully before acting"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To APPRAISEverb

    To set a price upon any thing, in order to sale.

    Etymology: apprecier, Fr.

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  1. appraise

    To appraise means to assess or evaluate the quality, nature, ability, or significance of something or someone. It often involves assigning a monetary value to an object in the context of real estate, art, or other valuable goods.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Appraiseverb

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

  2. Appraiseverb

    to estimate; to conjecture

  3. Appraiseverb

    to praise; to commend

  4. Etymology: [Pref. ad- + praise. See Praise, Price, Apprize, Appreciate.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Appraise

    ap-prāz′, v.t. to set a price on: to value with a view to sale: to estimate the amount and quality of anything.—adj. Apprais′able.—ns. Apprais′al, appraisement; Appraise′ment, a valuation: estimation of quality; Apprais′er, one who values property: one who estimates quality. [Late in appearing; for some time used in the same sense as praise. Perh. formed on analogy of the synonymous Prize, Apprize.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Appraise in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Appraise in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Appraise in a Sentence

  1. Shunsuke Okashita:

    I sell modern age swords because it is difficult to appraise the old swords and know their true value.

  2. Marianne Moore:

    When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser.

  3. Sun-Tzu:

    Appraise war in terms of the fundamental factors. The first of these factors is moral influence.

  4. Ezra Pound:

    There are few things more difficult than to appraise the work of a man suddenly dead in his youth; to disentangle promise from achievement; to save him from that sentimentalizing which confuses the tragedy of the interruption with the merit of the work actually performed.

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