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appreciative, a.|əˈpriːʃɪətɪv|
[f. L. appretiāt- ppl. stem of appretiāre + -ive. Cf. mod.Fr. appréciatif, -ive.]
Showing appreciation: having the quality of forming an adequate estimate, of recognizing the good points in an object, or of being sensitive to delicate impressions. Const. of.
a1698J. Fraser Mem. (1738) vii. 239 Tho' in my sensitive Faculty I find not these Impressions of Joy and Fear, yet do I find them in my estimative appretiative Faculty. 1850Lynch Theoph. Trin. v. 84 Kindly appreciative words. 1867Dickens Lett. (1880) II. 313 A very quiet audience..appreciative but not demonstrative. 1879Church in Cassell's Techn. Educ. I. 247/1 The eye has become less appreciative of red, and more appreciative of the other colours. 1943H. Read Polit. of Unpolit. xii. 134 Developing the creative and appreciative exercise of the aesthetic impulse in the child. |