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Definition of Appraise
Appraise

To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.

To estimate; to conjecture.

To praise; to commend.

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Appraise Quotations

As to judging our own time, and thereby gaining some basis for a judgment of future possibilities, we are doubtless not only too close to it to appraise it but too much formed by it and enclosed within it to do so.
Emily G. Balch

When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser.
Marianne Moore

It will take a long time for women's effect on politics to register so that we may properly appraise it.
Florence E. Allen

I love to ride horses, hike in the woods with Juliette and appraise Longhorns.
Janine Turner

A technical survey that systematize, digest, and appraise the mid century state of psychology.
Stanley Smith Stevens

Appraise Translations

appraise in Danish is vurdere
appraise in Dutch is schatten, taxeren, waarderen, begroten
appraise in Finnish is arvioida
appraise in Italian is valutare
appraise in Norwegian is vurdere
appraise in Spanish is valorar, estimar, tasar

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