evaluate

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
evaluate/ɪˈvaljueɪt/

▶verb

• 1 form an idea of the amount, number, or value of; assess.

• 2 Mathematics find a numerical expression or equivalent for (an equation, formula, or function).

– derivatives
evaluation noun,
evaluative adjective,
evaluator noun.

– origin C19: back-form. from earlier (C18) evaluation, from Fr. évaluer, from es- (from L. ex-) ‘out, from’ + OFr. value ‘value’.