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Definition of Apprize

1. Verb. Inform (somebody) of something. "I advised him that the rent was due"

2. Verb. Make aware of. "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?"

3. Verb. Gain in value. "The yen appreciated again!"

4. Verb. Increase the value of. "The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark"

Definition of Apprize

1. v. t. To appraise; to value; to appreciate.

Definition of Apprize

1. Verb. To appraise ¹

2. Verb. To apprise ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Apprize

1. to appraise [v -PRIZED, -PRIZING, -PRIZES] - See also: appraise

Lexicographical Neighbors of Apprize

apprest appretiate appretiated appretiates appretiating apprisal apprisals apprise apprised appriser

apprisers apprises apprising apprizal apprizals apprize (current term) apprized apprizements apprizer apprizers

apprizes apprizing appro approach approach-approach conflict approach-avoidance conflict approach path approach pattern approach shot

Literary usage of Apprize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses by George Washington (1847)
"... lest you should be absent at the tune, I think it would be advisable to apprize some other members, in whom you have confidence, to guard against it . ..."

2. A Practical Treatise of the Law of Evidence, and Digest of Proofs, in Civil by Thomas Starkie (1891)
"notice is to apprize the party that the holder intends to require payment from him, and to enable him to pursue his remedy against any other party who may ..."

3. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers, Frederic Shoberl (1844)
"Paris, and were commissioned to inform him of the state of affairs, had sent Him despatch after despatch, to apprize him of the confusion into which the ..."

4. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut Council, James Hammond Trumbull, Connecticut Council of Safety, Charles Jeremy Hoadly (1885)
"... or any three of them, who are hereby authorized to apprize the same upon application of the parties concerned, at the cost of said towns. ..."

5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1766)
"... fines to tht wife it may teach humility, and to the limpie content.' %* We muft not omit to apprize our Readers, that there are, in this collection, ..."

6. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"To look «t, direct the view to, beforehand; to give notice, to caution, to admonish, to apprize, sc. of any thing to come, of consequences. ..."

7. The Diary of Matthew Patten of Bedford, N.H. by Matthew Patten (1903)
"... to help apprize the Right of land that was Major Blanchards which he took possession of for Col Moulton Parker ..."

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