appreciation, app retia tion (or ci and ti as shi)

[In Fr. appréciation; Port. appreciaçao.] [APPRECIATE.] The act of estimating anything at its just value, specially if that be a high one; the state of being so valued the price, valuation, or estimate set upon it. "Sorrow for sin-in app retia tion they would ever have to be exce ive." Dr. Playfere: re: The Power of Prayer (1617), p. 58, a defective appreciation of colours."Herbert Spencer , 2nd ed., vol. ii., p. 249, § 353, Note. In the United States appreciation is used also to mean a rise in value. ap-pre-çi-a-tive (or cĩ as shĩ), a . [Eng. appreciate; -ive. In Fr. appréciatif ; Port. appreciativo.] Having, containing, or implying appreciation for. ( Good rich & Porter .)