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The definition of appraise is to determine the value or quality of something or what something is worth.

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To inspect an area that was hit by a tornado to come up with a dollar figure on the damage it caused is an example of appraise.

See appraise in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb appraised, appraising

to set a price for; decide the value of, esp. officially
to estimate the quantity of
to judge the quality or worth of

Origin: ME apreisen < OFr apreiser < LL(Ec) appretiare < L ad, to + pretium, price; sp. infl. by praise

Related Forms:

appraisable adjective
appraiser noun
appraisingly adverb

See appraise in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb ap·praised, ap·prais·ing, ap·prais·es

To evaluate, especially in an official capacity.
To estimate the quality, amount, size, and other features of; judge. See Synonyms at estimate.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English appreisen

Origin: , possibly from Old French aprisier

Origin: , from Late Latin appretiāre

Origin: : Latin ad-, ad-

Origin: + Latin pretium, price; see per-⁵ in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

ap·praisˈing·ly adverb

ap·praisˈa·ble adjective

ap·praiseˈment noun

ap·praisˈer noun

ap·praisˈing·ly adverb

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