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METAPHYSICS OF APPRECIATION
The Natural STATE of the Kingdom
Metaphysics of Kingdom Living
How to Create the Feeling of Being Esteemed and Highly Valuable
Word Origin and History for appreciation
n.
c.1600 (with an isolated use from c.1400), from Anglo-French appreciation, noun of action from Old Frenchapprécier (14c.), from Late Latin appretiare "estimate the quality of" (see appreciate). Generally with a senseof "high estimation" from c.1650. Meaning "expression of (favorable) estimation" is from 1858; sense of "risein value" is from c.1790.
