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.
2. To estimate; to conjecture.
Enoch . . .
appraised his weight.
Tennyson.
3. To praise; to commend. [Obs.] R. Browning.
Appraised the Lycian custom.
Tennyson.
&fist; In the United
States, this word is often pronounced, and sometimes written, apprize.
Hear it pronounced