Part 571

<blockquote><b>Appraised</b> the Lycian custom. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; In the United States, this word is often pronounced, and sometimes written, <i>apprize</i>.</note>

<h1>Appraisement</h1> <Xpage=73>

<hw>Ap*praise"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Appraise</er>. Cf. <er>Apprizement</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of setting the value; valuation by an appraiser; estimation of worth.</def>

<h1>Appraiser</h1> <Xpage=73>

<hw>Ap*prais"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Appraise</er>, <er>Apprizer</er>.]</ety> <def>One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.</def>

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<hw>Ap`pre*ca"tion</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>apprecari</ets> to pray to; <ets>ad + precari</ets> to pray, <ets>prex</ets>, <ets>precis</ets>, prayer.]</ety> <def>Earnest prayer; devout wish.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>A solemn <b>apprecation</b> of good success. <i>Bp. Hall.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Apprecatory</h1> <Xpage=73>

<hw>Ap"pre*ca*to*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Praying or wishing good.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>"<i>Apprecatory</i> benedictions."

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

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<hw>Ap*pre"ci*a*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>appr\'82ciable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being appreciated or estimated; large enough to be estimated; perceptible; <as>as, an <ex>appreciable</ex> quantity</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ap*pre"ci*a*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

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<hw>Ap*pre"ci*ant</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Appreciative.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

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<hw>Ap*pre"ci*ate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Appreciated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Appreciating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>appretiatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>appretiare</ets> to value at a price, appraise; <ets>ad + pretiare</ets> to prize, <ets>pretium</ets> price. Cf. <er>Appraise</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To set a price or value on; to estimate justly; to value.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>appreciate</b> the motives of their enemies. <i>Gibbon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To raise the value of; to increase the market price of; -- opposed to <i>depreciate</i>.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<blockquote>Lest a sudden peace should <b>appreciate</b> the money. <i>Ramsay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To be sensible of; to distinguish.</def>

<blockquote>To test the power of b<?/<?/s to <b>appreciate</b> color. <i>Lubbock.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To <er>Appreciate</er>, <er>Estimate</er>, <er>Esteem</er>.</syn> <usage> <i>Estimate</i> is an act of judgment; <i>esteem</i> is an act of valuing or prizing, and when applied to individuals, denotes a sentiment of moral approbation. See <er>Estimate</er>. <i>Appreciate</i> lies between the two. As compared with <i>estimate</i>, it supposes a union of sensibility with judgment, producing a nice and delicate perception. As compared with <i>esteem</i>, it denotes a valuation of things according to their appropriate and distinctive excellence, and not simply their moral worth. Thus, with reference to the former of these (delicate perception), an able writer says. "Women have a truer <i>appreciation</i> of character than men;" and another remarks, "It is difficult to <i>appreciate</i> the true force and distinctive sense of terms which we are every day using." So, also, we speak of the difference between two things, as sometimes hardly <i>appreciable</i>. With reference to the latter of these (that of valuation as the result of a nice perception), we say, "It requires a peculiar cast of character to <i>appreciate</i> the poetry of Wordsworth;" "He who has no delicacy himself, can not <i>appreciate</i> it in others;" "The thought of death is salutary, because it leads us to <i>appreciate</i> worldly things aright." <i>Appreciate</i> is much used in cases where something is in danger of being overlooked or undervalued; as when we speak of <i>appreciating</i> the difficulties of a subject, or the risk of an undertaking. So Lord Plunket, referring to an "ominous silence" which prevailed among the Irish peasantry, says, "If you knew now to <i>appreciate</i> that silence, it is more formidable than the most clamorous opposition." In like manner, a person who asks some favor of another is apt to say, "I trust you will <i>appreciate</i> my motives in this request." Here we have the key to a very frequent use of the word. It is hardly necessary to say that <i>appreciate</i> looks on the favorable side of things. we never speak of <i>appreciating</i> a man's faults, but his merits. This idea of regarding things favorably appears more fully in the word <i>appreciative</i>; as when we speak of an <i>appreciative</i> audience, or an <i>appreciative</i> review, meaning one that manifests a quick perception and a ready valuation of excellence.</usage>

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<hw>Ap*pre"ci*ate</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To rise in value. [See note under <er>Rise</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</def>

<i>J. Morse.</i>

<h1>Appreciatingly</h1> <Xpage=73>