— appraisable , adj. — appraiser , n. — appraisingly , adv. — appraisive , adj.
/euh prayz"/ , v.t., appraised, appraising .
1. to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess: We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it.
2. to estimate the nature, quality, importance, etc.: He tried to appraise the poetry of John Updike.
[ 1400-50; late ME apraysen to set a value on, prob. a conflation of aprisen to APPRIZE 1 and preisen to PRAISE (with sense of PRIZE 2 ) ]