Ap*praise" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appraised (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Appraising.] [Pref. ad- + praise. See Praise, Price, Apprize, Appreciate.] 1. To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.

2. To estimate; to conjecture.

Enoch . . . appraised his weight.
Tennyson.

3. To praise; to commend. [Obs.] R. Browning.

Appraised the Lycian custom.
Tennyson.

&fist; In the United States, this word is often pronounced, and sometimes written, apprize.

• 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.