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 ]

☞ In the United States, this word is often pronounced, and sometimes written, apprize. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Antiquity of style or use; obsoleteness. [ 1913 Webster ]

A select vocabulary corresponding (in point of archaism and remoteness from ordinary use) to our Scriptural vocabulary. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who uses archaisms. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Cookery) Braised meat. [ 1913 Webster ]

A braising kettle has a deep cover which holds coals; consequently the cooking is done from above, as well as below. Mrs. Henderson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (a) A water-tight box, of timber or iron within which work is carried on in building foundations or structures below the water level. (b) A hollow floating box, usually of iron, which serves to close the entrances of docks and basins. (c) A structure, usually with an air chamber, placed beneath a vessel to lift or float it. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Arch.) A sunk panel of ceilings or soffits. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pneumatic caisson (Engin.), a caisson, closed at the top but open at the bottom, and resting upon the ground under water. The pressure of air forced into the caisson keeps the water out. Men and materials are admitted to the interior through an air lock. See Lock. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Loosely, a carriage in general. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

These [ ladies ] . . . are by the just complaisance and gallantry of our nation the most powerful part of our people. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

They strive with their own hearts and keep them down,
In complaisance to all the fools in town. Young.

Syn. -- Civility; courtesy; urbanity; suavity; affability; good breeding. [ 1913 Webster ]

There are to whom my satire seems too bold:
Scarce to wise Peter complaisant enough. Pope.

Syn. -- Obliging; courteous; affable; gracious; civil; polite; well-bred. See Obliging.

-- Com"plai*sant`ly, adv. -- Com"plai*sant`ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A platform slightly raised above the floor of a hall or large room, giving distinction to the table and seats placed upon it for the chief guests. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A canopy over the seat of a person of dignity. [ Obs. ] Shiply. [ 1913 Webster ]

The grass all deep and daisied. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The word daisy is also used for composite plants of other genera, as Erigeron, or fleabane. [ 1913 Webster ]

Michaelmas daisy (Bot.), any plant of the genus Aster, of which there are many species. --
Oxeye daisy (Bot.), the whiteweed. See Daisy (b). [ 1913 Webster ]

Dispraising the power of his adversaries. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

I dispraised him before the wicked, that the wicked might not fall in love with him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

In praise and in dispraise the same. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mech.) A fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a small milling cutter. [ 1913 Webster ]