Synonyms for apprise


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


Définition of apprise

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 :
  • He smiled with gentle irony when I told him of what I had heard, and how I had hastened to apprise him of it.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • You are then to apprise the President of the Haarlem Society.
  • Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
  • Terry hastened to the quarters of the Health Officer to apprise him of the facts.
  • Extract from : « Terry » by Charles Goff Thomson
  • Count Larinski forgot to apprise us that he was already married.
  • Extract from : « Samuel Brohl & Company » by Victor Cherbuliez
  • He stated that he did not apprise the club of the change, and that it was not noticed.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 » by Various
  • Then he danced a few steps of a real jig, to apprise them of his coming.
  • Extract from : « The Wreck of the Titan » by Morgan Robertson
  • An Editor's stipulated work is to apprise thee that it must be done.
  • Extract from : « Past and Present » by Thomas Carlyle
  • The fruit-seller was far too wise a woman to call after the other and apprise her of the loss.
  • Extract from : « The Albert Gate Mystery » by Louis Tracy
  • Indeed, how could she apprise him of events which were now the talk of the court?
  • Extract from : « Under the Rose » by Frederic Stewart Isham
  • Look you, my hero, to these letters; they will apprise you of much work.
  • Extract from : « Paul Clifford, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Antonyms for apprise

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