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Appreciate   /əprˈiʃiˌeɪt/   Listen
Appreciate

verb
(past & past part. appreciated; pres. part. appreciating)
1.
Recognize with gratitude; be grateful for.
2.
Be fully aware of; realize fully.  Synonym: take account.
3.
Hold dear.  Synonyms: prize, treasure, value.
4.
Gain in value.  Synonyms: apprise, apprize, revalue.  Antonym: depreciate.
5.
Increase the value of.  Synonyms: apprise, apprize.  Antonym: depreciate.





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"Appreciate" Quotes from Famous Books



... the other. Children, moreover, worry me. Did I not faithfully warn you about my nature? Why are you not satisfied to have my friendship? I wish I could make you amends for all the troubles I have caused you, through not guessing the value of your poor five-franc pieces. I appreciate the extent of your sacrifices; but your devotion and delicate tact can be repaid by love alone, and I care so little for you, that this scene has a disagreeable effect ...
— The Magic Skin • Honore de Balzac
... sailed on a raft in calm water will appreciate the courage of Drake's deed. The four men aboard her had to squat in several inches of salt water, holding on for their lives, while the green seas came racing over them "to the arm pits" at "every surge of the wave." The day was intensely hot in spite of the wind, ...
— On the Spanish Main - Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. • John Masefield
... man on the earth, we have, therefore, to deal with periods of incalculable length. Vast changes in the climate and fauna were produced by the slow operation of causes such as are in action at the present day. Figures cannot enable us to appreciate these ...
— History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science • John William Draper
... when youth was most open to generous emotions, and knows best how to appreciate them in others, and he felt, although he hardly knew why, that, whether catholic or heretic, the safety of this man deeply interested him. Curiosity mingled with the feeling, and led him to wonder what the nature of those doctrines could be, which stole their ...
— The Monastery • Sir Walter Scott
... lots o' breezes" between him and his "guv'nor," and when the reader of this study (who should have got to know something of FitzGerald's attitude by now) realises this he will be able to appreciate the long-suffering generosity of this cultured scholar whom fools have painted as a mere eccentric hermit. Posh, now that he was well started by the aid of his governor, began to yearn for independence. Possibly he had some reason ...
— Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" - "Herring Merchants" • James Blyth


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