apprised

[ uh-prahyzd ]

/ əˈpraɪzd /

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adjective

informed or notified of something: If there are any new developments, we'll keep you apprised.

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Origin of apprised

Blake also got through to Ballard, who promised, calmly, evenly—one legal man to another—to keep Blake fully apprised.
The Strange and Mysterious Death of Mrs. Jerry Lee Lewis|Richard Ben Cramer|January 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The magistrate asked the wife if she had apprised the authorities of the required medications.
Terry Lee Loewen, the Mellow Kansas Man Who Dreamed of Jihad|Michael Daly|December 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
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 Justice|Michael Daly|December 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Apprised of the commercial success of his lost literary work, Thiessen laughs.
The Lost Bush Memoir|Bryan Curtis|August 8, 2010|DAILY BEAST

She had not met with an accident, but had been detained at Palatka waiting for a passenger of whom the captain had been apprised.
The Cromptons|Mary J. Holmes
When Edward reached Durham city, he was apprised of the passage of the Scots by a track of smoking ruins and devastated fields.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
Of course the lady upon whom he operated was not apprised of his intention any more than on the first occasion.
Urania|Camille Flammarion
When first he was apprised of this, his greed excited him, for some of the chief sweets of his office were the presents.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks|Bracebridge Hemyng
When shouts from the crew apprised them that the orang blanda chief was aboard, their cries of welcome died away.
The Argus Pheasant|John Charles Beecham