evaluate

verb3

1. •
   To draw conclusions from examining; to assess; to appraise.

   • It will take several years to evaluate the material gathered in the survey.
2. •
   To compute or determine the value of (an expression).

   • Evaluate this integral.
3. •
   To return or have a specific value.

   • Since element (15.1) evaluates to an element of the center in any alternative algebra, (15.1) has to evaluate to a scalar multiple of the identity element of the Cayley-Dickson algebra. — 2006