释义 |
ap·prize transitive verb also ap·prise \-īz\ (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English apprisen, aprisen, from Middle French aprisier, from Old French, from a- (from Latin ad-) + prisier to value, appraise — more at prize 1. obsolete : to put a value upon : appraise 2. : to value or appreciate < learn to apprize knowledge for the sake of knowledge — U.S. Daily > 3. Scots law, obsolete : to make a judicial sale of (a heritable estate) for the benefit of a creditor — compare adjudge 5 |