APPRECIATE, APPRECIATION, APPRECIATIVE
ADJECTIVES
1775 — CHOICE appreciative, careful → Amer. dial.
1940 — UP ON THE STICKERS appreciative of what is important → African-American sl.
INTERJECTIONS
2001 — FAIR PLAY! an exclamation of appreciation → UK sl.
NOUNS
1693 — RESENTMENTS appreciation → Sc. obs.
VERBS
1603 — MISCOGNIZE to fail to appreciate or acknowledge; to misunderstand → obs.
1844 — RESENT to appreciate; to applaud → Sc. obs.
1939 — DIG to appreciate, to like, to understand, → orig. US
1990 — TIPPLE to appreciate; to understand; to work out sl.
2006 — GROK to understand something; to appreciate someone or something; to relate to someone or something → US sl. (Bk.)
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