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appreciation|əpriːʃɪˈeɪʃən|
Also 7–9 appretiation.
[Found once c 1400; then not till 17th c. Both in early and mod. use prob. a. Fr. appréciation, n. of action f. apprécier, ad. L. appretiāre: see appreciate and -tion.]
1. The action of setting a money value upon; valuation, appraisement. rare.
1799J. Robertson Agric. Perth 83 To take the sheep-stock off the outgoing tenant's hands by appreciation of arbiters.
2. a. The action of estimating qualities or things; deliberate judgement.
1604Playfere Serm. bef. Prince Hen. 57 (L.) According to a man's appretiation, and according to his intention. 1864G. Masson in N. & Q. 411 He is..very severe in his appreciation of Buchanan. 1880McCarthy Own Time IV. lxvi. 500 Entirely mistaken in his appreciation of the condition of things.
b. An expression (in speech or writing) of one's estimate of something: often implying a favourable estimate (cf. 4).
1858M. Pattison Essays (1889) II. xix. 344 In the last page he has written, in his small and fine hand, a short appreciation of the book and its author. 1889Pater (title) Appreciations, with an essay on style. 1907J. A. Hammerton (title) Stevensoniana: an anecdotal life and appreciation of R. L. Stevenson.
3. Perception, recognition, intelligent notice; esp. perception of delicate impressions or distinctions.
c1400Apol. Loll. 52 Þis word for notip or takip appreciacoun. 1859Mill Liberty iii. (1865) 33/1 The appreciation of means towards an acknowledged end. 1879C. King in Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 113/1 A much better appreciation of the intricacies of the country. Mod. Men differ greatly in their appreciation of varieties of vowel sound.
4. Adequate or high estimation, sympathetic recognition of excellence.
1650Fuller Pisgah Sight ii. xii. 259 Not the intrinsecall worth of their tears, but Gods gracious appretiation of the sincerity thereof. 1870H. Macmillan Bible Teach. xii. 246 An eye and mind that have no appreciation of scenery.
5. Rise in exchangeable value; cf. appreciate 4.
1789–96Morse Amer. Geog. I. 323 Considered rather as an appreciation of Gold and Silver than a depreciation of paper. 1883Goschen in Times 20 Feb. 7 A considerable appreciation in the value of gold. |