资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Apprecation \Ap`pre*ca"tion\, n. [L. apprecari to pray to; ad +
   precari to pray, prex, precis, prayer.]
   Earnest prayer; devout wish. [Obs.]

         A solemn apprecation of good success.    --Bp. Hall.