Appreciate

·vi To rise in value. [See note under Rise, ·vi.].

II. Appreciate ·vt To be sensible of; to Distinguish.

III. Appreciate ·vt To set a price or value on; to estimate justly; to Value.

IV. Appreciate ·vt To raise the value of; to increase the market price of;

— opposed to depreciate.

to appreciate
v. a. To raise the value of.--Webster. This sense of the word is not in any English dictionary exce...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.