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Definition of Apprise

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 Apprise

1. v. t. To give notice, verbal or written; to inform; -- followed by of; as, we will apprise the general of an intended attack; he apprised the commander of what he had done.

2. n. Notice; information.

Definition of Apprise

1. Verb. (transitive) To notify, or to make aware; to inform. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Apprise

1. to notify [v -PRISED, -PRISING, -PRISES] - See also: notify

Lexicographical Neighbors of Apprise

appressed-fibrillose appressed-fibrillose-striate appressed-silky appressed-squamulose appresses appressoria appressorial appressorium apprest appretiate

appretiated appretiates appretiating apprisal apprisals apprise (current term) apprised appriser apprisers apprises

apprising apprizal apprizals apprize apprized apprizements apprizer apprizers apprizes

Literary usage of Apprise

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

1. Thirty Years' View; Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1856)
"I felt it due to the people to apprise them distinctly, that, in the event of my election, I would not be able to co-operate in the re-establishment of a ..."

2. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1896)
"who may, however, waive it.1 The notice should sufficiently apprise the adverse party of the applicant's intention,* and should, ..."

3. Relation of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to Slavery by Charles King Whipple (1861)
"It only remains that I apprise you of the formal action of the Committee, on the 26th of July ; which is as follows : — " ' Resolved, 1. ..."

4. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records by Charles William Manwaring (1906)
"Which we apprise at 40 shillings per acre, £40 for the 20 acres. The above-written is a true inventory of the estate of the above- sd. ..."

5. Memoirs & Travels of Sir John Reresby, Bart by John Reresby (1904)
"... and should the better know what to say to his grace, if he touched upon this affair, since I had taken care to apprise him of his thoughts. ..."

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