Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (v. t.) To set a price or value on; to estimate justly; to value.

2. (v. t.) To raise the value of; to increase the market price of; -- opposed to depreciate.

3. (v. t.) To be sensible of; to distinguish.

4. (v. i.) To rise in value. [See note under Rise, v. i.]