apprize

Definitions


[əˈprʌɪz], (Verb)

Definitions:
- put a price on; appraise
(e.g: the sheriff was to apprize the value of the lands)

- value highly; esteem
(e.g: how highly your Highness apprizeth peace)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French aprisier, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + prisier ‘to price, prize’, from pris (see price). The change in the ending in the 17th century was due to association with prize




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