Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

apprise1

or ap·prize

[uh-prahyz]
See more synonyms for apprise on Thesaurus.com
verb (used with object), ap·prised, ap·pris·ing.
  1. to give notice to; inform; advise (often followed by of): to be apprised of the death of an old friend.
Show More

Origin of apprise1

1685–95; < French appris taught, informed, past participle of apprendre; see apprehend
Can be confusedappraise apprise

apprise2

[uh-prahyz]
verb (used with object), ap·prised, ap·pris·ing. Obsolete.
  1. appraise.
Show More
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for apprise

Historical Examples

  • He smiled with gentle irony when I told him of what I had heard, and how I had hastened to apprise him of it.

    In the Valley

    Harold Frederic

  • You are then to apprise the President of the Haarlem Society.

    The Black Tulip

    Alexandre Dumas (Pere)

  • Terry hastened to the quarters of the Health Officer to apprise him of the facts.

    Terry

    Charles Goff Thomson

  • Count Larinski forgot to apprise us that he was already married.

  • He stated that he did not apprise the club of the change, and that it was not noticed.

British Dictionary definitions for apprise

apprise

apprize

verb
  1. (tr often foll by of) to make aware; inform
Show More

Word Origin

C17: from French appris, from apprendre to teach; learn; see apprehend

xref

See appraise
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for apprise

v.

"to notify," 1690s, from French appris, past participle of apprendre "to inform, teach," literally "to lay hold of (in the mind)," another metaphoric meaning of Latin apprehendere (see apprehend). Related: Apprised; apprising.

Show More
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper