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apprize

verb (used with object), ap·prized, ap·priz·ing. Obsolete.

appraise.

verb (used with object), ap·prized, ap·priz·ing.

apprise¹.

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.

verb

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

occasional legalese form of appraise, c.1400. Related: Apprized; apprizing.

“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.