2021-05-06
Refศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – A – appraise & apprise & apprize
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง appraise = ‘uh-PREYZ’
ออกเสียง apprise or apprize = ‘uh-PRAHYZ’
Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree
appraise
= assess; determine the worth of:
She asked the jeweler to appraise her diamond ring.
Notto be confused with:
apprise = give notice of; acquaint; inform:
He will apprise the client of the fee.
Collins English Dictionary
Usage:
Appraise is sometimes wrongly used where apprise is meant:
they had been apprised (not appraised) of my arrival
Dictionary of Problem Words in English
appraise & apprise & apprize
Appraise means “to judge,” “to estimate”:
“The auctioneer appraised the furniture.”
Apprise means “to inform,” “to notify”:
”A newspaper account apprised me of the tragedy.”
Apprize is another, less-used spelling of apprise.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Choosethe Right Synonym for appraise
ESTIMATE, APPRAISE, EVALUATE, VALUE, RATE, ASSESS
meanto judge something with respect to its worth orsignificance.
ESTIMATE implies a judgment, considered or casual, that precedes or takes the place of actual measuring or counting or testing out.
estimated the crowd at two hundred
APPRAISE commonly implies the fixing by an expert of the monetary worth of a thing,but it may be used of any critical judgment.
having their house appraised
EVALUATE suggests an attempt to determine relative or intrinsic worth in terms other than monetary.
evaluate a student's work
VALUE equals APPRAISE but without implying expertness of judgment.
a watercolor valued by the donor at $500
RATE adds to ESTIMATE the notion of placing a thing according to a scale of values.
a highly rated restaurant
ASSESS implies a critical appraisal for the purpose of understanding or interpreting, or as a guide in taking action.
officials are trying to assess the damage
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Usage Notes
'Appraise' or 'Apprise'
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What to Know
Appraise is a verb meaning "to set value on"
while the similar looking apprise means "to tell."
Whiletheir meanings are distinct,
bothare common words with French origin
and so, confusing them is not uncommon.
Apprize is a rarer word that historically
can mean either "appraise" or "apprise."
There are thousands of pairs of commonly confused words in English,
a mass of confusion which presents a daunting figure
until it becomes clearthat most of them are easily distinguished,
ifone applies a small degree of attention.
Some are spelled with slight variations
in British and North American English
(such as realise & realize) but have no difference in meaning.
Others, such as principle and principal,
might necessitate a trip to a dictionary for many of us,
butare easy to clear up once we're there.
One such pairthat we're often warned about is appraise and apprise.
The Meanings of 'Appraise' and 'Apprise'
Both words are verbs,
both have been in common use for hundreds of years,
and both have French roots
(appraise is from the Anglo-French preiser, “to prize, praise,”
and apprise from the Old French aprendre, “to teach”).
When these similaritiesare combined with the fact
that the words arespelled in nearly identical fashion
it is easy to see how they might be mixed up.
The meaning of each is fairly distinct from the other;
apprise means “to tell,” and
appraise means “to set a value on.”
They had for a long time been apprised of his secret visits,
and suspicious of his designs;
but the purity and gentleness of Mary's manners rebuked suspicion,
and they hesitated to communicate their observations to her.
— Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Redwood, 1824
Yet, while the little scarred cheek was resting on her ermine
in such apparent bliss, there mingled in with the thread of her instructions to the children a determination next day to appraise cheap furs,
and see if she could not bless the little one with a cape of her very own.
— Harriet Beecher Stowe, We and our Neighbors, 1875
What About 'Apprize'?
So, there you have it:
apprise means “tell” and appraise means “estimate.”
Case closed, and now we can leave this topic,
and go back to worrying about
whether we’ve used inflammable correctly.
Except….what about apprize?
This is a somewhat obscure word
that sometimes functions as a synonym of appraise,
and sometimes as a spellingvariant of apprise.
The sudden appearanceof apprize should not serve
to confuse the matter of distinguishing between appraise and apprise.
For one thing, it is not often used,
and so, you are unlikely to often encounter it in the wild.
And should you decide to use apprize
yourself you may take comfort in the fact that
it could legitimately mean either appraise or apprise,
so, you will be correct no matter what.
