Appraising

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Appraise \Ap*praise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Appraised}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Appraising}.] [Pref. ad- + praise. See {Praise},
     {Price}, {Apprize}, {Appreciate}.]
     1. To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by
        persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods
        and chattels.


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     2. To estimate; to conjecture.
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              Enoch . . . appraised his weight.     --Tennyson.
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     3. To praise; to commend. [Obs.] --R. Browning.
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              Appraised the Lycian custom.          --Tennyson.
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     Note: In the United States, this word is often pronounced,
           and sometimes written, apprize.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  appraising
       adj : exercising or involving careful evaluations; "looked him
             over with an appraising eye"; "the literary judge uses
             many evaluative terms" [syn: {appraising(a)}, {evaluative}]