| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ap·praise |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -pr z |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: ap·praised, ap·prais·ing, ap·prais·es
1. To evaluate, especially in an official capacity. 2. To estimate the quality, amount, size, and other features of; judge. See synonyms at estimate. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English appreisen, possibly from Old French aprisier, from Late Latin appretire : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin pretium, price; see per-5 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | ap·praising·ly —ADVERB
ap·praisa·ble —ADJECTIVE
ap·praisement —NOUN
ap·praiser —NOUN
ap·praising·ly —ADVERB
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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