appraise

动词 appraise:

1. place a value on; judge the worth of something
   同义词：measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, value
2. consider in a comprehensive way
   同义词：survey

1. It would be unwise to buy the house before having it appraised.
   买房子不事先估价是不明智的。
2. The teacher is appraising the students' work.
   老师正在评定学生的作业。

ap.praise

v.tr.（及物动词）
ap.praised,ap.prais.ing,ap.prais.es
To evaluate, especially in an official capacity.
评估：评价，尤指以官方身份作的评价
To estimate the quality, amount, size, and other features of; judge.See Synonyms at estimate
估量：估计质量、数量、规模或其他特征；评判参见 estimate

来源：
Middle English appreisen
中古英语 appreisen
possibly from Old French aprisier
可能源自 古法语 aprisier
from Late Latin appreti3re
源自 后期拉丁语 appreti3re
Latin ad- [ad-]
拉丁语 ad- [前缀，表示.添加.]
Latin pretium [price] * see per- 5
拉丁语 pretium [价格，价钱] *参见 per- 5

【引伸】
apprais.able
adj.（形容词）
appraise.ment
n.（名词）
apprais.er
n.（名词）