All 8 Uses of
appreciate
in
The Age of Innocence
- Newland will particularly appreciate what you have done because of dear May and his new relations.†
Chpt 10
- He was a pure man of letters, untimely born in a world that had no need of letters; but after publishing one volume of brief and exquisite literary appreciations, of which one hundred and twenty copies were sold, thirty given away, and the balance eventually destroyed by the publishers (as per contract) to make room for more marketable material, he had abandoned his real calling, and taken a sub-editorial job on a women's weekly, where fashion-plates and paper patterns alternated with…†
Chpt 14 *
- Archer made no comment on this, and Mrs. Welland continued: "But we do most thoroughly appreciate your persuading Ellen to give up the idea.†
Chpt 16
- "You see, Monsieur, it's worth everything, isn't it, to keep one's intellectual liberty, not to enslave one's powers of appreciation, one's critical independence?†
Chpt 20
- The attitude was so full of a classic grace that a murmur of appreciation followed her appearance, and Archer felt the glow of proprietorship that so often cheated him into momentary well-being.†
Chpt 21
- "Yes; it IS awfully convenient," May brightly agreed, "that you should be able to meet Ellen after all; you saw how much Mamma appreciated your offering to do it."†
Chpt 28
- May gave the message with evident pleasure: she was proud of old Catherine's appreciation of her husband.†
Chpt 30
- "I'm sure Ellen will appreciate it.†
Chpt 33
Definition:
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(appreciate as in: We hope our home will appreciate) to increase in value