Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To give notice to; inform.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Learning; instruction; information; lore.
- To give notice, verbal or written, to; inform; advise: followed by of before that of which notice is given: as, we will apprise the general of an intended attack; he apprised his father of what he had done.
- Synonyms Notify, acquaint, warn, tell, mention to.
- See
apprize .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Notice; information.
- transitive verb To give notice, verbal or written; to inform; -- followed by
of
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
notify , or to makeaware ; toinform .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb inform (somebody) of something
- verb make aware of
- verb increase the value of
- verb gain in value
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The labels apprise me of their contents: molybdenite of ammonia, chloride of antimony, permanganate of potash and ever so many other strange terms.
The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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Appraise/apprise: To appraise is to determine the value of something; to apprise is to inform others of something.
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Appraise/apprise: To appraise is to determine the value of something; to apprise is to inform others of something.
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Appraise/apprise: To appraise is to determine the value of something; to apprise is to inform others of something.
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* '' 'Appraise/apprise' '': To appraise is to determine the value of something; to apprise is to inform others of something.
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(I love the word "apprise", it sounds so official.)
grouse Diary Entry grouse 2002
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We met -- some NSC staffers remained in contact with Jennifer Harbury in February to kind of apprise her on the status of some of the diplomatic contacts we've had down in Guatemala.
Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry ITY National Archives 1995
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She met with alumni Jan. 22 to apprise them of costs and funding strategies.
Backed by Founders, Erasmus on Rise Again Lana Bortolot 2011
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Jiu, who had a "close relationship" with Chávez, was "wary of close contact with the U.S. Embassy" and was "quietly pensive" at the suggestion that China might apprise the U.S. in advance of its sales of communications satellites to Venezuela.
Nikolas Kozloff: Caracas Cables: "Loco Chávez Time," Chinese Ambassador in Venezuela & "Fascist Military Elements" Nikolas Kozloff 2011
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Jiu, who had a "close relationship" with Chávez, was "wary of close contact with the U.S. Embassy" and was "quietly pensive" at the suggestion that China might apprise the U.S. in advance of its sales of communications satellites to Venezuela.
Nikolas Kozloff: Caracas Cables: "Loco Chávez Time," Chinese Ambassador in Venezuela & "Fascist Military Elements" Nikolas Kozloff 2011
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