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appreciate, v.|əˈpriːʃɪeɪt|
Also 8–9 appretiate.
[f. L. appretiāt- ppl. stem of appretiā-re to set a price to, appraise, f. ap-, ad-, to + preti-um price. Cf. Fr. apprécier (15th c. in Godef.). The literal sense of the Fr. is supplied by appraise, apprize. In Eng., as in Fr., the med.L. spelling appreciāre has been followed. Neither this verb nor any derivative is in Johnson; but see sense 3.]
1. trans. To make or form an estimate of worth, quality, or amount.
1769Burke Pres. St. Nat. Wks. II. 59 Let us calmly..appreciate those dreadful and deformed gorgons and hydras. 1817W. Taylor in Month. Rev. LXXXIII. 458 The extreme want of candour..with which Priestley appretiated Hume. 1818Accum Chem. Tests 496 The weight of the gold is to be appreciated. 1837Sir W. Hamilton Metaph. ii. (1877) I. 22 It was the bias of antiquity..to appreciate all knowledge principally by the higher standard.
2. To estimate aright, to perceive the full force of.
1798Ferriar Illustr. Sterne iv. 124 The physiological reader only can appreciate the profound sagacity of this conclusion. 1842Alison Hist. Eur. lvii. §43 IX. 41 Napoleon..instantly appreciating the magnitude of the danger. 1875Grindon Life xiii. 167 Until the truth of any thing..be appreciated, its error, if any, cannot be detected.
b. esp. To be sensitive to, or sensible of, any delicate impression or distinction.
1833Brewster Nat. Magic ii. 32 The retina has not appreciated the influence of the simple red rays. 1862F. Hall Hindu Philos. Syst. 236 In like manner, a blind man is able to appreciate sound, touch, etc., but not colours. 1879Prescott Sp. Telephone 7 If the number of vibrations exceeds forty thousand per second, the ear becomes incapable of appreciating the sound.
3. To esteem adequately or highly; to recognize as valuable or excellent; to find worth or excellence in.
1655[See appreciating.] 1742Bailey, Appretiate, to set an high Price, Value, or Esteem upon anything. 1795Fragm. Pol. & Hist. I. 230 Your labours will not be fully known and appreciated till the succeeding generation. 1858Gladstone Homer I. 25 The mental culture necessary in order to appreciate Homer. 1858Hawthorne Fr. & It. Jrnls. I. 171 It requires a finer taste than mine to appreciate him.
4. To raise in value; opposed to depreciate. (This and the following sense have been long in use in U.S.)
1779P. Webster Pol. Ess. (1791) 33 Any probable attempt to raise or appreciate the value of the money. 1880R. Mackenzie in 19th Cent. 207 Rents have been unduly appreciated. 1881H. H. Gibbs Double Standard Pref. 9 The resumption of specie payments in Gold, thus appreciating that metal.
5. intr. To rise in value.
1789–96Morse Amer. Geog. I. 323 A great demand for specie and bills, which occasioned the latter..to appreciate. 1882P. Tidman Gold & Silv. Money 85 Gold has been steadily appreciating in value. |