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n. [ See Appraise. Cf. Apprizal. ] A valuation by an authorized person; an appraisement. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

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

n. [ See Appraise. Cf. Apprizement. ] The act of setting the value; valuation by an appraiser; estimation of worth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Appraise, Apprizer. ] One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To praise greatly or extravagantly. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Blamable. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dispraised p. pr. & vb. n. Dispraising. ] [ OE. dispreisen, OF. desprisier, despreisier, F. dépriser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + prisier, F. priser, to prize, praise. See Praise, and cf. Disprize, Depreciate. ] To withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage; to blame. [ 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 ]

n. [ Cf. OF. despris. See Dispraise, v. t. ] The act of dispraising; detraction; blame censure; reproach; disparagement. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. One who blames or dispraises. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By way of dispraise. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To praise amiss. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an appraisal that is too high.
Syn. -- overestimate, overestimation, overvaluation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ Cf. Overprize, Superpraise. ] To praise excessively or unduly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of praising unduly; excessive praise. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Fit to be praised; praise-worthy; laudable; commendable. Wyclif (2 Tim. ii. 15). [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a praisable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Praised p. pr. & vb. n. Praising. ] [ OE. preisen, OF. preisier, prisier, F. priser, L. pretiare to prize, fr. pretium price. See Price, n., and cf. Appreciate, Praise, n., Prize, v. ] 1. To commend; to applaud; to express approbation of; to laud; -- applied to a person or his acts. “I praise well thy wit.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let her own works praise her in the gates. Prov. xxxi. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]

We praise not Hector, though his name, we know,
Is great in arms; 't is hard to praise a foe. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To extol in words or song; to magnify; to glorify on account of perfections or excellent works; to do honor to; to display the excellence of; -- applied especially to the Divine Being. [ 1913 Webster ]

Praise ye him, all his angels; praise ye him, all his hosts! Ps. cxlviii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To value; to appraise. [ Obs. ] Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To commend; laud; eulogize; celebrate; glorify; magnify. -- To Praise, Applaud, Extol. To praise is to set at high price; to applaud is to greet with clapping; to extol is to bear aloft, to exalt. We may praise in the exercise of calm judgment; we usually applaud from impulse, and on account of some specific act; we extol under the influence of high admiration, and usually in strong, if not extravagant, language. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. preis, OF. preis price, worth, value, estimation. See Praise, v., Price. ] 1. Commendation for worth; approval expressed; honor rendered because of excellence or worth; laudation; approbation. [ 1913 Webster ]

There are men who always confound the praise of goodness with the practice. Rambler. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Praise may be expressed by an individual, and thus differs from fame, renown, and celebrity, which are always the expression of the approbation of numbers, or public commendation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Especially, the joyful tribute of gratitude or homage rendered to the Divine Being; the act of glorifying or extolling the Creator; worship, particularly worship by song, distinction from prayer and other acts of worship; as, a service of praise. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The object, ground, or reason of praise. [ 1913 Webster ]

He is thy praise, and he is thy God. Deut. x. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Encomium; honor; eulogy; panegyric; plaudit; applause; acclaim; eclat; commendation; laudation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Praiseworthy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Praiseworthy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without praise or approbation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A religious service mainly in song. [ Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Appraisement. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who praises. “Praisers of men.” Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An appraiser; a valuator. [ Obs. ] Sir T. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a praiseworthy manner. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being praiseworthy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Worthy of praise or applause; commendable; as, praiseworthy action; he was praiseworthy. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Praise of one's self. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To praise to excess. [ 1913 Webster ]

To vow, and swear, and superpraise my parts. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To praise below desert. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + praise. ] To withhold praise from; to deprive of praise. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]