apprecation
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin apprecari (“to pray to”), from ad + precari (“to pray”), from prex, precis (“prayer”).
Noun edit
apprecation (plural apprecations)
- (obsolete) Earnest prayer; devout wish.
- 1609, Bishop Joseph Hall, The Arte of Divine Meditation:
- A ſolemne apprecation of good succeſſe.
Usage notes edit
- Not to be confused with appreciation.
References edit
- “apprecation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.