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Apprize definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

APPRI'ZE, v.t.
To value; to set a value, in pursuance of authority. It is generally used for the act of valuing by men appointed for the purpose, under direction of law, or by agreement of parties; as, to apprize the goods and estate of a deceased person. The private act of valuing is ordinarily expressed by prize.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due" [syn: advise, notify, give notice, send word, apprise, apprize]
2: make aware of; "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?" [syn: instruct, apprise, apprize]
3: gain in value; "The yen appreciated again!" [syn: appreciate, apprize, apprise, revalue] [ant: depreciate, devaluate, devalue, undervalue]
4: increase the value of; "The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark" [syn: appreciate, apprize, apprise] [ant: depreciate]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (apprized; apprizing) Etymology: Middle English apprisen, from Anglo-French *appriser, from a- (from Latin ad-) + preiser, priser to value, prize — more at prize Date: 14th century value, appreciate

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. archaic 1 esteem highly. 2 appraise. Etymology: ME f. OF aprisier f. à to + pris PRICE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Apprize Ap*prize", v. t. [The same as Appraise, only more accommodated to the English form of the L. pretiare.] To appraise; to value; to appreciate.