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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ap•praise /əˈpreɪz/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -praised, -prais•ing. - Businessto determine or estimate the worth (of something), esp. its monetary value:The art collector appraised the painting.
ap•prais•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ap•praise (ə prāz′),USA pronunciation v.t., -praised, -prais•ing. - Businessto estimate the monetary value of;
determine the worth of;
assess:We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it. - to estimate the nature, quality, importance, etc.:He tried to appraise the poetry of John Updike.
- late Middle English apraysen to set a value on, probably a conflation of aprisen to apprize1 and preisen to praise (with sense of prize2) 1400–50
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