Apprise
[ə'praɪz]
Definition
(v. t.) To give notice, verbal or written; to inform; -- followed by of; as, we will apprise the general of an intended attack; he apprised the commander of what he had done.
(n.) Notice; information.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Inform, acquaint, warn, notify, tell, admonish, make acquainted, make aware, give notice to, disclose to, make known to, mention to.
Checked by Gerald
Definition
v.t. to give notice: to inform.
Edited by Glenn
Examples
- To value means primarily to prize, to esteem; but secondarily it means to apprise, to estimate. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It was the only good thing I had done, and the only completed thing I had done, since I was first apprised of my great expectations. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But I apprised you that I was a hard man, said he, difficult to persuade. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Miss Osborne was apprised; the doctors were sent for; Georgy stopped away from school; the bleeders and cuppers came. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Of all this the people are well apprised, and understand how far to carry their obstinacy, where their liberty or property is concerned. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- He led the way to the adjoining cell, which, as the reader is apprised, was occupied by Gurth the swineherd. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Chance apprised me of their return very shortly after it took place. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Presently a faint rustling of the bush apprised him of the stealthy creeping of the thing behind. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Veneering instantly blesses him, and apprises him that Twemlow is already working. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It was by your wit in apprising me of your existence and imprisonment through the youth, Parthak. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
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