资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Appraise \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.

   Note: In the United States, this word is often pronounced,
         and sometimes written, apprize.

资料来源 : WordNet®

appraising
     adj : exercising or involving careful evaluations; "looked him
           over with an appraising eye"; "the literary judge uses
           many evaluative terms" [syn: {appraising(a)}, {evaluative}]