- appraisive
- adjective see appraise
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
appraisive
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appraisive — āziv adjective : forming an appraisal both aesthetic and ethical discourse … are treated as primarily appraisive in their mode of signifying P.B.Rice : appraising so many harshly appraisive eyes fixed upon her I.S.Cobb … Useful english dictionary
appraisive — ap·prais·ive … English syllables
appraise — transitive verb (appraised; appraising) Etymology: Middle English appraysen, probably from Anglo French *appreiser, from a (from Latin ad ) + preiser to prize, praise Date: 15th century 1. to set a value on ; estimate the amount of … New Collegiate Dictionary
W. B. Gallie — Walter Bryce Gallie (1912 1998) was a British social theorist, political theorist and philosopher.Gallie grew up in a British boarding school and later published his memoirs of this in the book An English School . He taught at University College … Wikipedia
Essentially contested concept — In a paper delivered to the Aristotelian Society on 12 March 1956, [Published immediately as Gallie (1956a); a later, slightly altered version appears in Gallie (1964).] Walter Bryce Gallie (1912 ndash;1998) introduced the term essentially… … Wikipedia
appraise — appraisable, adj. appraiser, n. appraisingly, adv. appraisive, adj. /euh prayz /, v.t., appraised, appraising. 1. to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess: We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it. 2. to… … Universalium
appraisiv — ap|prai|siv [aprɛ zi:f] <Adj.> [engl. appraisive, zu: to appraise = schätzen, bewerten < frz. apprécier < lat. appretiare] (Spachw.): bewertend; nicht wertfrei: Die sozialistische Agitation dagegen „muss selbstverständlich den jeweils … Universal-Lexikon
appraise — verb assess the value, quality, or performance of. ↘(of an official valuer) set a price on. Derivatives appraisable adjective appraisee noun appraisement noun appraiser noun appraising adjective appraisingly adverb … English new terms dictionary
appraise — v.tr. 1 estimate the value or quality of (appraised her skills). 2 (esp. of an official valuer) set a price on; value. Derivatives: appraisable adj. appraiser n. appraisive adj. Etymology: APPRIZE by assim. to PRAISE … Useful english dictionary
