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单词 appraise
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appraisev.

Brit. /əˈpreɪz/, U.S. /əˈpreɪz/
Forms: late Middle English appreise, late Middle English appreyse, late Middle English aprayse, 1500s–1600s apprayse, 1500s– appraise, 1600s apprase, 1600s–1700s appraize.
Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: a- prefix5, praise v.; apprize v.2
Etymology: Either < a- prefix5 + praise v., after apprize v.2, or an alteration of apprize v.2 by association with praise v. Compare appraiser n.In sense 4 apparently arising from association with apprise v.1
I. To assess the value or worth of, to evaluate.
1. transitive. To assign a monetary value to; to fix a price for, or estimate the value of, esp. as an official valuer or appraiser.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > monetary value > be valued at [verb (transitive)] > set value on
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value1434
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appreciate1512
rate1555
estimate1611
put1755
1424 [implied in: 1424 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Let.-bks. London (1909) 289 The godes schal be taken in presence of the Constables and appreisers (at appraiser n. 1)].
c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. l. 8065 Here hodes..Off riche gold..Worth michel gode thei were apraysed.
1535 in M. A. E. Wood Lett. Royal & Illustrious Ladies (1852) II. 164 The stuff..was appraised by the appraisers.
1559 Acte of Subsedye in Anno Primo Reginæ Elizabethe at Parl. xx. f. xv The distresse so taken, to be kept, appraysed, and sold as is aforesayd, and thereof to take and leuy the sommes so then being behind and vnpayd.
1659 H. Applegarth tr. W. Glisson & A. Gulston Surv. Law 36 He cannot surmise that it was appraised and found of base value.
?c1682 J. Warburton Treat. Hist. Guernsey (1822) 82 [To] see his goods..ventilated, i.e. appraised and sold for discharge of the debt.
1732 H. Crouch Compl. Guide to Officers of Customs in Out-ports vi. 292 Goods are not bid upon, because appraised at too great a Value.
1770 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (new ed.) VII. lxiii. 366 The cartoons..were only appraised at 300 pounds.
1823 London Lit. Gaz. 25 Oct. 687/2 The auctioneer came down to appraise the goods.
1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 151 They [sc. mercenaries] transferred their services..to those who would appraise them more highly.
1928 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 22 297 The same is the character of the demand that the land subject to the annuity be appraised, in the case of reservative annuities.
1977 A. D. Chandler Visible Hand 274 The purpose of such a valuation was to appraise the property accurately for tax and insurance purposes.
2002 Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (Nexis) 23 June 7 She saw an Orrefors vase, sold for $90 in her store 15 years ago, appraised at $6,000.
2. transitive. To estimate or assess the quality, worth, etc., of; to scrutinize critically. Also: to estimate the quantity or extent of. Also reflexive and intransitive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)]
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lowball1973
the world > relative properties > measurement > measure [verb (transitive)] > estimate measurement or amount
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appreciate1818
appraise1864
evaluate1874
1823 Monthly Repos. Jan. 47/2 Mr. Cobbett, pronounces modesty mean and cowardly, and, acting up to his own standard of morals, thus appraises himself, in a letter to Mr. Canning.
1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iv. §40. 385 Rightly to appraise the value of various truths.
1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 9 The feeble infant..Whom Enoch took, and handled all his limbs, Appraised his weight.
1869 E. Arber James I's Ess. Introd. 4 The king's Sonnets and Poems..appraise themselves.
1922 M. Luckiesh Visual Illusions iii. 35 The intellect practically automatically appraises the size, form, and distance of each object.
1940 B. E. Leary & W. S. Gray in W. S. Gray Reading in Gen. Educ. v. 125 Philosophy, psychology..news reports, examination questions—all require the reader to appraise, to evaluate, and to think critically.
1964 A. Edelstein in Stanford Short Stories 1964 4 Ralph silently appraised her. Breasts a trifle lower, a trifle flatter. But otherwise everything about the same as ever.
1980 D. Kinnard Secretary of Def. iii. 91 Kennedy asked Roswell Gilpatric to appraise the situation in Vietnam and to recommend actions.
2002 H. Ritchie Friday Night Club (2003) i. iv. 27 Alastair replaces the..bulging bag of home-grown back in the box and appraises this first joint of the night.
3. spec.
a. transitive. To assess or evaluate how well (a person) is performing at work; (in later use) esp. to carry out a formal appraisal of (see appraisal n. 3b).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > estimate [verb (intransitive)] > evaluate employees
appraise1913
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] > evaluate quality of
revalue1894
appraise1913
assess1934
to scope out1977
1913 Calif. Outlook 27 Sept. 11/3 Next..will be to borrow from some city..a man trained in grading or appraising employes.
1944 Life 3 Jan. 54 It was necessary to appraise personnel and weed out torpid and incompetent officers.
1955 Personnel Mar. 432/2 Often men find themselves being appraised for development by one method and for rewards by a second.
1962 A. C. Johnson & R. D. 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.
1988 Automotive News 15 Aug. 10/3 I appraised people working under me and was appraised by management over me.
2002 R. P. Gee N.Z. Sales Managem. iv. 64 Give the new employee a copy of the appraisal form that will be used to appraise salespeople, so they know how their performance will be measured.
b. intransitive. To carry out an appraisal of a person's performance at work; to use appraisals as a means of evaluating performance at work.
ΚΠ
1955 Personnel Jan. 434/2 How can the ability to appraise be increased?
1992 D. M. Daley Performance Appraisal in Public Sector ii. 13 Why do we appraise? What do we appraise? When do we appraise?
2010 R. J. Greene Rewarding Performance (Electronic ed.) v. 103 This raises the question of whether it is better to do the best appraisal possible at the end of the year or to appraise when results are clear.
II. To apprise, inform (see note in etymology).
4. transitive. To inform (a person) of a fact, circumstance, etc.; = apprise v.1 1.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > action of informing > give (information) [verb (transitive)] > inform (a person)
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to keep (someone) straight1862
monish1866
to put next to1896
to put (one) wise (to)1896
voice1898
in the picture1900
to give (someone) a line on1903
to wise up1905
drum1908
hip1932
to fill (someone) in on1945
clue1948
background1961
to mark a person's card1961
to loop in1994
1706 tr. Present State Europe May 182 The Reasons of Count Piper have not convinc'd the Lithuanians, who are very well appraised of the Motives which have engag'd the Swedes, into the Continuation of this War.
1821 Relig. Intelligencer (New-Haven, Conn.) 11 Aug. 173/1 We have been appraised of the eventful day in which we live.
1868 Calif. Teacher May 319 Now that we are fully appraised of the views of the Directors, we not only entirely acquiesce in their decision, but we feel that no considerations would tempt us to continue editor of their journal any longer.
1934 Sun (Baltimore) 10 Jan. 1/1 The farmers..out-thought the railway officials. They telephoned back to Burlington and appraised the pickets there of the train's approach.
1975 S. Selvon Moses Ascending 74 Naturally I had to appraise him of the lay of the land, and the position we were in.
2007 J. M. Allen Senior Sort of Murder xiii. 161 Rita found the doctor's number and quickly appraised him of the facts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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