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. R. Browning.
Appraised the Lycian custom.
Tennyson.
☞ In the United States, this word is often pronounced, and sometimes written, apprize.