the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The quality of being appreciative; quick recognition of excellence.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The character of being appreciative; disposition to recognize excellence.
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n. warm friendly feelings of gratitude
Word Usage
"There is a good chapter on Bacon, one on inoculation, and several on the Quakers, but on the civil constitution hardly a word of large appreciativeness."