Determine vs Appraise - What's the difference?
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To set the limits of.
* Bible, Acts xvii. 26
* Francis Bacon
To ascertain definitely; to figure out.
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, title= To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
* J. Edwards
* W. Black
To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to .
To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide.
To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.
(logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.
(obsolete) To bring to an end; to finish.
* Shakespeare
To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.
To estimate; to conjecture.
To praise; to commend.
As verbs the difference between determine and appraise
is that determine is to set the limits of while appraise is to set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.determine
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Verb
(determin)- [God] hath determined the times before appointed.
- The knowledge of men hitherto hath been determined by the view or sight.
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- The character of the soul is determined by the character of its God.
- something divinely beautiful that at some time or other might influence or even determine her course of life
- Someone else's will determined me to this course.
- The court has determined the cause.
- The news of his father's illness determined him to depart immediately.
- Now, where is he that will not stay so long / Till his friend sickness hath determined me?