Appraise definition
Appraise a threat; appraised himself in the mirror.
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.
Appraise a diamond; appraise real estate.
Origin of appraise
- Middle English appreisen possibly from Old French aprisier from Late Latin appretiāre Latin ad- ad- Latin pretium price per-5 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Old French aprisier (“apraise, set a price on”) (French apprécier), from Late Latin appretiare, from ad- + pretium (“price, value”) (English precious), from which also appreciate.
From Wiktionary
- Incorrect form of apprise.
From Wiktionary