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Definition of Appraise
1. Verb. Evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of. "Access all the factors when taking a risk"
Specialized synonyms: Grade, Mark, Score, Rate, Value, Standardise, Standardize, Reassess, Reevaluate, Censor, Praise
Generic synonyms: Evaluate, Judge, Pass Judgment
Related verbs: Assess
Derivative terms: Appraisal, Appraiser, Appraiser, Assessable, Assessment, Assessor, Evaluation, Evaluation, Evaluative, Evaluator, Value, Value, Measure, Measure, Measure, Valuation, Valuator, Value, Value, Value, Valuer
2. Verb. Consider in a comprehensive way. "He appraised the situation carefully before acting"
Generic synonyms: Analyse, Analyze, Canvas, Canvass, Examine, Study
Derivative terms: Survey, Survey
Definition of Appraise
1. v. t. To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.
Definition of Appraise
1. Verb. To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels. ¹
2. Verb. To estimate; to conjecture. ¹
3. Verb. To praise; to commend. ¹
4. Verb. (proscribed) To apprise, inform. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Appraise
1. to set a value on [v -PRAISED, -PRAISING, -PRAISES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Appraise
Literary usage of Appraise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1890)
"__ appraise the goods, and not to depend for their information upon the ...
I am informed tbat It is the practice to hold re-appraise- 137 U. 8. ..."
2. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1881)
"appraise, APPRECIATE, from op- precio and appreciate ... appraise and appreciate
are used in precisely the same sense, for setting a value on anything ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of the United States by Stephen Keyes Williams, Edwin Burritt Smith, Ernest Hitchcock (1885)
"3, 1863. to appraise the damages to the lot, personally upon Pinney more than
ten days before their meeting; ..."
4. The Transfer Tax Law of the State of New York: Being Sections 220 to 245 by George Washington McElroy (1909)
"Id. — Where appraiser Refuses to appraise an Asset. An error by the appraiser
refusing to appraise an asset of the estate is not a ground for setting aside ..."
5. Insurance: Principles and Practices by Robert Riegel, Harry James Loman (1921)
"... as required by said policy of insurance, who shall act as umpire upon matters
of difference only) shall appraise and estimate the actual cash value of, ..."
6. Report of the Trial by Impeachment of James Prescott, Judge of the Probate by Octavius Pickering, William Howard Gardiner, Massachusetts General Court. Senate (1821)
"2nd letter of guardianship, 2nd appraise warrant, * Bond, oath, be. Q. Was there
any advice given you by Judge Prescott for any thing else ? ..."
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