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alue; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.

The act of setting the value; valuation by an appraiser; estimation of worth.

One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.

Capable of being appraised.

A valuation by an authorized person; an appraisement.

To appraise; to value; to appreciate.

Appraisement.

An appraiser.

To compute, appraise, or assess the capital value of (a patent right, an annuity, etc.)

A judicial writ of execution, by which a defendant's goods are appraised and delivered to the plaintiff, and, if no sufficient to satisfy the debt, all of his lands are delivered, to be held till the debt is paid by the rents and profits, or until the defendant's interest has expired.

To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.

Valuation; appraisement. J. S. Mill.

A sworn appraiser.

ule or standard; to take the dimensions of; hence, to estimate; to judge of; to value; to appraise. Great are thy works, Jehovah, infinite Thy power! what thought can measure thee Milton.

To value; to appraise. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

Appraisement. [Obs.]

An appraiser; a valuator. [Obs.] Sir T. North.

Too valuable to admit of being appraised; of inestimable worth; invaluable.

To set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to rate. A goodly price that I was prized at. Zech. xi. 13. I prize it [life] not a straw, but for mine honor. Shak.

One who estimates or sets the value of a thing; an appraiser. Shak.