APPRAISED

Verb

appraised

simple past tense and past participle of appraise

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Source: Wiktionary


APPRAISE

Ap*praise", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appraised; p. pr. & vb. n. Appraising.] Etym: [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.

Note: In the United States, this word is often pronounced, and sometimes written, apprize.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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