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Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-prahyz
Phonetic Transcription : əˈpraɪz



Definition of apprised

Origin :
  • "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.
  • verb tell
Example sentences :
  • Bolivar apprised his friends in Bogota that he should visit them in secret.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 » by Various
  • I was apprised of the proceeding, and I questioned Mr. Robinson upon the subject.
  • Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson
  • When we see those whom it inhabits, we are apprised of new degrees of greatness.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Then he is apprised, with wonder, what herds of daemons hem him in.
  • Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Not even at this moment was any one apprised of the fact, at any rate in any open and public manner.
  • Extract from : « Anabasis » by Xenophon
  • I think, sir, I might have been apprised of this attachment!
  • Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
  • Of what this idea consisted, the reader will be apprised in due time.
  • Extract from : « Frank Fairlegh » by Frank E. Smedley
  • She apprised me that you should not live four-and-twenty hours.
  • Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • Mr. Gallatin was apprised of it by Mr. Dallas in January, 1814.
  • Extract from : « Albert Gallatin » by John Austin Stevens
  • "Oh, one can see that you've enjoyed a liberal education," he apprised her.
  • Extract from : « The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) » by Various

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