apprise

or ap·prize

[uh-prahyz]

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verb (used with object), ap·prised, ap·pris·ing.

to give notice to; inform; advise (often followed by of): to be apprised of the death of an old friend.

Origin of apprise

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

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apprise

[uh-prahyz]

verb (used with object), ap·prised, ap·pris·ing. Obsolete.

appraise.

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Related Words for apprised

inform, advise, notify, brief, enlighten

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Contemporary Examples of apprised

The magistrate asked the wife if she had apprised the authorities of the required medications.
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McKeon sought to make her part of the process by ensuring that she was apprised in detail of every development as it happened.
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Apprised of the commercial success of his lost literary work, Thiessen laughs.
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Historical Examples of apprised

Bolivar apprised his friends in Bogota that he should visit them in secret.
Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848
Various
I was apprised of the proceeding, and I questioned Mr. Robinson upon the subject.
Beaux and Belles of England
Mary Robinson
When we see those whom it inhabits, we are apprised of new degrees of greatness.
Essays, First Series
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Then he is apprised, with wonder, what herds of daemons hem him in.
Essays, Second Series
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Not even at this moment was any one apprised of the fact, at any rate in any open and public manner.
Anabasis
Xenophon

British Dictionary definitions for apprised

apprise

apprize

verb

(tr often foll by of) to make aware; inform

Word Origin for apprise

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

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Word Origin and History for apprised

apprise

"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.