appreciate

To be grateful or thankful for.

I appreciate your efforts.

We sincerely appreciate your help.

To view as valuable.

You must learn to appreciate time.

To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect.

Near-synonyms: realize, grasp, acknowledge

It is essential for the reader to appreciate how important this argument is.

To increase in value.

The value of his portfolio appreciated by 80% over eight years.

The sanguine, flattering themselves with the delusive hopes of a speedy termination of the war, were often induced to sell lest a sudden peace should appreciate the money, in which case it was sup­po­sed they would lose the present opportunity of sell­ing to great advantage.