appraise, apprise, apprize
- appraise, apprise, apprize
Appraise means "to judge," "to estimate": "The auctioneer appraised the furniture." Apprise means "to inform," "to notify": "A newspaper account apprised me of the tragedy." Apprize is another, less-used spelling of apprise.
Dictionary of problem words and expressions.
Harry Shaw.
1975.
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apprise, apprize — See appraise … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
apprize — See appraise, apprise, apprize See apprise, apprize … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
apprise — See appraise, apprise, apprize See apprise, apprize … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
appraise — See appraise, apprise, apprize … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
appraise — verb assess the value, quality, or performance of. ↘(of an official valuer) set a price on. Derivatives appraisable adjective appraisee noun appraisement noun appraiser noun appraising adjective appraisingly adverb … English new terms dictionary
appraise — [15] Originally, appraise meant simply ‘fix the price of’. It came from the Old French verb aprisier ‘value’, which is ultimately a parallel formation with appreciate; it is not clear whether it came directly from late Latin appretiāre, or… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
appraise — [15] Originally, appraise meant simply ‘fix the price of’. It came from the Old French verb aprisier ‘value’, which is ultimately a parallel formation with appreciate; it is not clear whether it came directly from late Latin appretiāre, or… … Word origins
apprise — apprise1 /euh pruyz /, v.t., apprised, apprising. to give notice to; inform; advise (often fol. by of): to be apprised of the death of an old friend. Also, apprize. [1685 95; < F appris taught, informed, ptp. of apprendre; see APPREHEND] apprise2 … Universalium
apprize — verb a) To appraise b) To apprise … Wiktionary