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appraise(dictionary)

appraise (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: aprisier, from prisier 'to value'; influenced by praise]
formal to officially judge how successful, effective, or valuable something is
-synonym evaluate evaluate
::Greenpeace has been invited to appraise the environmental costs of such an operation.
literary to look carefully at someone or something to make an opinion about them
::His eyes appraised her face.