evaluate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

evaluate
    v 1: evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent,
         or significance of; "I will have the family jewels
         appraised by a professional"; "access all the factors when
         taking a risk" [syn: {measure}, {evaluate}, {valuate},
         {assess}, {appraise}, {value}]
    2: form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of
       modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We
       shouldn't pass judgment on other people" [syn: {evaluate},
       {pass judgment}, {judge}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Evaluate \E*val"u*ate\ ([-e]*v[a^]l"[-u]*[=a]t), v. t. [See
   {Evaluation}.]
   To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

EVALUATE

   <programming> The {COBOL85} {keyword} for a {switch
   statement}.

   (1997-06-10)

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

69 Moby Thesaurus words for "evaluate":
      appraise, appreciate, approximate, ascertain, assay, assess,
      calculate, calibrate, caliper, call, catalog, categorize,
      check a parameter, class, classify, compute, criticize, determine,
      dial, divide, estimate, factor, fair-trade, fathom, figure,
      form an estimate, gauge, give an appreciation, grade, graduate,
      group, guess, identify, judge, make an estimation, mark, measure,
      mensurate, mete, meter, pace, plumb, price, prize, probe, quantify,
      quantize, quote a price, rank, rate, reckon, set at, sift, size,
      size up, sort, sort out, sound, span, step, survey, take a reading,
      thrash out, triangulate, valorize, valuate, value, weigh, winnow