Crossword clues for appreciated
appreciated
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Appreciate \Ap*pre"ci*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appreciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Appreciating.] [L. appretiatus, p. p. of appretiare to value at a price, appraise; ad + pretiare to prize, pretium price. Cf. Appraise.] 1. To set a price or value on; to estimate justly; to value.
To appreciate the motives of their enemies.
--Gibbon.
3. To raise the value of; to increase the market price of; -- opposed to depreciate. [U.S.]
Lest a sudden peace should appreciate the money.
--Ramsay.
4. To be sensible of; to distinguish.
To test the power of bees to appreciate color.
--Lubbock.
Syn: To Appreciate, Estimate, Esteem.
Usage: Estimate is an act of judgment; esteem is an act of valuing or prizing, and when applied to individuals, denotes a sentiment of moral approbation. See Estimate. Appreciate lies between the two. As compared with estimate, it supposes a union of sensibility with judgment, producing a nice and delicate perception. As compared with esteem, 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 appreciation of character than men;'' and another remarks, ``It is difficult to appreciate 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 appreciable. 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 appreciate the poetry of Wordsworth;'' ``He who has no delicacy himself, can not appreciate it in others;'' ``The thought of death is salutary, because it leads us to appreciate worldly things aright.'' Appreciate is much used in cases where something is in danger of being overlooked or undervalued; as when we speak of appreciating 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 how to appreciate 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 appreciate 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 appreciate looks on the favorable side of things. we never speak of appreciating a man's faults, but his merits. This idea of regarding things favorably appears more fully in the word appreciative; as when we speak of an appreciative audience, or an appreciative review, meaning one that manifests a quick perception and a ready valuation of excellence.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"enhanced in value," 1794; "received with gratitude," by 1831; past participle adjective from appreciate.
Wiktionary
1 recognized as having value 2 (context of an investment English) having risen in value v
(en-past of: appreciate)
WordNet
adj. giving pleasure or satisfaction [syn: gratifying, pleasing, satisfying]
fully understood or grasped; "dangers not yet appreciated"; "these apprehended truths"; "a thing comprehended is a thing known as fully as it can be known" [syn: apprehended, comprehended]
Usage examples of "appreciated".
Little could have delighted Adams more than the chance to show her the country that meant so much to him, where success had been his, where, as they both appreciated, he had helped change the course of history, and where he was still the accredited American minister, Congress having never bothered to replace him.
The last of these battles was then a recent event, it having actually been fought within the recollection of our heroine, whose notions of it, however, were so confused that she scarcely appreciated the effect her allusion might produce on her companion.
Gyles Brandreth, who has earned thousands of pounds and a reputation for wit making after-dinner speeches, appreciated my support when he seconded the Loyal Address on 15 November.
Beresford, a tall, thin, relaxed man with tufted black eyebrows, a horseshoe ring of greying hair fringing the sunburnt baldness of his head, and lively hazel eyes twiligh in the lined brown leather of his face, came along only for the peace, comfort, and food: the company of the great left him cold, a fact vastly appreciated by captain Bullen, who shared his sentiments exactly.
Dennis Hale, Head of the Armories, and Marlet half-hoped that this powerful official had heard of his patriotic deed and appreciated its import.
Wolves never Meditated, Wolves never Appreciated, Wolves never were Translated.
Much as she liked Menzies, much as she appreciated this break in the monotony, she needed to rest.
Ralph appreciated, was an attempt at mollification with perhaps a touch of coquetry.
The scene and autopsy room photographs provided to the profiler must be examined not only to confirm information presented as fact, but also to identify findings present that may not have been appreciated or described by the pathologist who performed the postmortem examination.
The only fair thing would be to leave the bets out and redeal the entire hand, a prospect not appreciated by those with good cards left to play.
The tremendous fact that all the inwrought elements and workings of our being are self retributive, their own exceeding great and sufficient good or evil, independent of external circumstances and sequences, is rarely appreciated.
It is of no use interfering with them on this point, since all things are finally appreciated at their true value, and the pride of the nobility is easily discounted when one sees them as they really are.
Meanwhile, it became clear to Shettles that until the night of their arrests, Damien and Jason had never fully appreciated the seriousness of their situation.
I particularly appreciated a story about a holy white steinbock who lives in the area, but this is not the time to tell it.
Involuntarily but unobtrusively, under cover of the little tubbed trees that hedged the terrasse apart from the square, Duchemin did likewise, and so discovered, or for the first time appreciated, the cause of the uncommonly early dusk that loured over Nant.