† appreciantadj.
Obsolete.
Appreciative; understanding, perceptive.
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1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More I. Ded. p. iv The man whom Henry, of desert Appreciant alway, chose for highest trust.
1842 N.-Y. Mirror 26 Mar. 98/1 She..was appreciant of those truths in whose light life is but a vapor melting into vacancy.
1847 R. W. Griswold et al. Washington & Generals Amer. Revol. I. 1 The instinctive impressions of a community are..more profoundly appreciant, and more reliable, than the intellectual perceptions of the ablest men in the community.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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