[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

appraise \appraise"\, 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.
      1913 webster

   2. to estimate; to conjecture.
      1913 webster

            enoch . . . appraised his weight.     --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   3. to praise; to commend. obs. --r. browning.
      1913 webster

            appraised the lycian custom.          --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   note: in the united states, this word is often pronounced,
         and sometimes written, apprize.
         1913 webster
see also:
appraised appraising praise price apprize appreciate 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

appraising
     adj : exercising or involving careful evaluations; "looked him
           over with an appraising eye"; "the literary judge uses
           many evaluative terms" syn: appraisinga, evaluative
see also:
appraisinga evaluative 

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