Antonyms for appraise


Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-preyz
Phonetic Transcription : əˈpreɪz


Definition of appraise

Origin :
  • c.1400, "to set a value on," from stem of Old French aprisier "apraise, set a price on" (14c., Modern French apprécier), from Late Latin appretiare "value, estimate," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + pretium "price" (see price (n.)). Original English spelling apprize altered by influence of praise. Related: Appraised; appraising.
  • verb judge, estimate
Example sentences :
  • She was little concerned with the morality of her course as others might appraise it.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • The only standard by which the majority of us appraise our work is man's.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • It would have been easier to appraise had there been a workable alternative.
  • Extract from : « End of the Tether » by Joseph Conrad
  • To collect, scrutinise, and appraise facts is his chief business.Science.
  • Extract from : « The Industries of Animals » by Frdric Houssay
  • Its efficiency is not the efficiency which the business engineer is fitted to appraise.
  • Extract from : « The Frontier in American History » by Frederick Jackson Turner
  • One by one she could appraise her own possessions, and those they fabled of her.
  • Extract from : « Little Novels of Italy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
  • We can now appraise the true magnitude of the errors which have been made.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Heavens » by Robert Stawell Ball
  • He had given her the best that was in him and had made bold enough to appraise her of it.
  • Extract from : « The Loyalist » by James Francis Barrett
  • You must have the key if it's one of the places I'm supposed to appraise.
  • Extract from : « The Servant Problem » by Robert F. Young
  • Maybe you'll tell me how you're going to appraise property in the dark!
  • Extract from : « The Servant Problem » by Robert F. Young

Synonyms for appraise

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