appreciate

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
appreciate /əˈpriːʃɪeɪt, -sɪ-/

▶verb

1 recognize the value or significance of.
■ be grateful for.

2 rise in value or price.

– derivatives
appreciator noun,
appreciatory /-ʃ(ɪ)ət(ə)ri/ adjective.

– origin C16 (earlier (ME) as appreciation): from late L. appretiat-, appretiare ‘set at a price, appraise’, from ad- ‘to’ + pretium ‘price’.

'appreciate' also found in these Oxford entries:

culturati - dig - ear - grant - humour - inaccessible - palate - pearl - savour - sensibility - sensible - undervalue

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