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appraise, v.|əˈpreɪz|
[Of rather late appearance; f. praise v., previously, and, for some time, contemporaneously, used in same sense. Perh. formed on analogy of the synonymous prize, apprize: see the latter.]
1. To fix a price for, assign a money value to: esp. as an official valuer or appraiser.[1383Wyclif Matt. xxvii. 9 The pris of a man preysid, whom thei preysiden, of the sonys of Yrael. 1590Swinburne Testaments 220 Others praise them among the moueables; but it were better to praise them seuerally.] 1535in Wood Lett. Illustr. Ladies (1852) II. 164 The stuff..was appraised by the appraisers. 1661Pepys Diary 2 Oct., All this morning at Pegg Kite's..appraising her goods that her mother has left. 1762Hume Hist. Eng. (1806) IV. lxii. 665 The cartoons..were only appraised at three hundred pounds. 1878R. B. Smith Carthage 151 They [mercenaries] transferred their services..to those who would appraise them more highly.
2. transf. To estimate the amount, quality, or excellence of. Also refl.
1841Myers Cath. Th. iv. §40. 385 Rightly to appraise the value of various truths. 1864Tennyson En. Ard. 154 The feeble infant..Whom Enoch took, and handled all his limbs, Appraised his weight. 1869Arber James I's Ess. Introd. 4 The king's Sonnets and Poems..appraise themselves.
Add:[2.] b. To evaluate (an employee) formally in terms of progress, performance, etc.; to make an appraisal or assessment of. Also absol. Cf. *appraisal n. 2.
1955Personnel Jan. 434/2 How can the ability to appraise be increased? Ibid. Mar. 432/2 Often men find themselves being appraised for development by one method and for rewards by a second. 1959Appraisal of Job Performance: Stud. in Personnel Policy No. 121 (U.S. Nat. Industr. Conf. Board) 5/1 Here the slogan of one company is ‘Appraise to improve’. 1962Johnson & Cassell Appraising Personnel i. 14 If the county agricultural agent is being appraised, the district agricultural supervisor..may act in the capacity of chairman of a committee. 1976Harvard Business Rev. May–June 159/1 There was a great uneasiness among management theorists and managers when employees were appraised..on..personality, potential, and ambition instead of on results. 1977Dun's Rev. Jan. 71/2 Some people have wondered, however, about the independence or objectivity of a board member who is hired, promoted, appraised and rewarded by existing management. 1988Automotive News 15 Aug. 10/3, I appraised people working under me and was appraised by management over me. |