arch. Forms: 5– apprise, 6– apprize. [a. OF. aprise-r, earlier aprisier, f. à to + prisier, preisier to price, prize, praise; or perh. directly on phrase à pris, as if mettre à prix. Retained in Sc. Law, and used occasionally by Eng. writers, but ordinarily represented in Eng. by APPRAISE, in its analysis the same word, but with a different history. Cf. also PRAISE and PRIZE.]
1. Sc. Law. To put a selling price upon, put up for sale at a set price, appraise.
1533. Bellenden, Livy, III. 226. Thay … apprisit and sauld all the gudis.
1682. Lond. Gaz., mdccxlvi/4. Very fine Spanish Cloth … Apprized from 10 to 16s. per Yard.
1754. Erskine, Princ. Sc. Law (1809), 258. The sheriff was to apprise or tax the value of the lands.
2. To estimate the worth of, value, appreciate.
a. 1400. Leg. Rood (1871), 218. Þe riche prince was þere aprised.
1401. Pol. Poems, II. 113. Thou apprisist not the curse of seint Franceis.
1536. Bellenden, Cron. Scotl. (1821), I. 16. This last opinioun wes maist apprisit.
1617. R. Wilkinson, Barwick-bridge, Ded. How highly your Highnes apprizeth peace.
1868. Browning, Ring & Bk., VIII. 668. Whosoever at the proper worth Apprises worldly honour.
1877. Daily News, 5 Nov., 5/2. Art among women was apprized until lately on very much the same sort of principle.
