different between appraise vs ascertain

English

Alternative forms

• apprize (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p?e?z/
• Rhymes: -e?z
• Hyphenation: ap?praise

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French aprisier (“apraise, set a price on”) (compare modern French apprécier), from Late Latin appretiare, from ad- + Latin pretium (“price, value”) (English precious), from which also appreciate, a doublet.

Verb

appraise (third-person singular simple present appraises, present participle appraising, simple past and past participle appraised)

1. (transitive) To determine the value or worth of something, particularly as a person appointed for this purpose.

2. (transitive) To consider comprehensively.
3. (transitive) To judge the performance of someone, especially a worker.

4. (transitive) To estimate; to conjecture.
5. (transitive) To praise; to commend.

Derived terms

Related terms

• appreciate
• precious

Translations

Etymology 2

Form of apprise in use since 1706 but considered incorrect by some.

Verb

appraise (third-person singular simple present appraises, present participle appraising, simple past and past participle appraised)

1. (transitive, proscribed) To apprise, inform.

English

Etymology

From Middle English acerteynen, from Old French acertener, from a- (“to, towards”) + certener (“make sure of”), from the adjective certain, from Latin certus (“certain, fixed”). Compare to Spanish acertar.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æs??te?n/
• (US) enPR: ?s'-?r-t?n?, IPA^(key): /?æs??te?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n
• Hyphenation: as?cer?tain

Verb

ascertain (third-person singular simple present ascertains, present participle ascertaining, simple past and past participle ascertained)

1. To find out definitely; to discover or establish.

   Synonyms: determine, discover, establish, find out, learn, work out
2. (obsolete) To make (someone) certain or confident about something; to inform.
3. (archaic) To establish, to prove.
4. (archaic) To ensure or effect.

Derived terms

• ascertainable
• ascertainedly
• ascertainment

Translations

Anagrams

• Cartesian, arsacetin, cartesian, craniates, intracase, sectarian