apprise1
or ap·prize
[uh-prahyz]
- to give notice to; inform; advise (often followed by of): to be apprised of the death of an old friend.
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Origin of apprise1
apprise2
[uh-prahyz]
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Contemporary Examples
The magistrate asked the wife if she had apprised the authorities of the required medications.
McKeon sought to make her part of the process by ensuring that she was apprised in detail of every development as it happened.
Bronx Judge Helps Dominique Strauss-Kahn Maid Nafissatou Diallo Find JusticeMichael Daly
December 11, 2012
Apprised of the commercial success of his lost literary work, Thiessen laughs.
Historical Examples
Bolivar apprised his friends in Bogota that he should visit them in secret.
I was apprised of the proceeding, and I questioned Mr. Robinson upon the subject.
Beaux and Belles of EnglandMary Robinson
When we see those whom it inhabits, we are apprised of new degrees of greatness.
Essays, First SeriesRalph Waldo Emerson
Then he is apprised, with wonder, what herds of daemons hem him in.
Essays, Second SeriesRalph Waldo Emerson
Not even at this moment was any one apprised of the fact, at any rate in any open and public manner.
AnabasisXenophon
apprise
apprize
- (tr often foll by of) to make aware; inform
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Word Origin
C17: from French appris, from apprendre to teach; learn; see apprehend
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Word Origin and History for apprised
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.
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