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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To give notice to; inform: apprised us of our rights.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Learning; instruction; information; lore.
  2. To give notice, verbal or written, to; inform; advise: followed by of before that of which notice is given: as, we will apprise the general of an intended attack; he apprised his father of what he had done.
  3. Synonyms Notify, acquaint, warn, tell, mention to.
  4. See apprize.

Wiktionary

  1. v. transitive To notify, or to make aware; to inform.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To give notice, verbal or written; to inform; -- followed by of
  2. n. obsolete Notice; information.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. inform (somebody) of something
  2. v. make aware of
  3. v. increase the value of
  4. v. gain in value

Etymologies

  1. From French appris, apprise, past participle of apprendre, from Latin apprehendere, present active infinitive of apprehendō. Cognate to apprehend. (Wiktionary)
  2. French apprendre, appris-, from Old French aprendre, to learn, from Latin apprehendere, apprēndere; see apprentice. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (9)

Words with the same meaning

  1. inform
  1. notice
  1. information
  1. notify
  1. to
  1. l
  1. en
  1. date
  1. up

hypernyms (3)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. inform
  1. revalue
  1. increase

same context (9)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. defendu
  1. entraine
  1. sain
  1. gagner
  1. ecraser
  1. jeta
  1. appris
  1. veu
  1. rendu

rhymes (80)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Ais
  2. Allies
  3. Guise
  4. Guys
  5. Lise
  6. Marseilles
  7. Thais
  8. Wise
  9. advise
  10. ais
  11. allies
  12. applies
  13. arise
  14. ayes
  15. baptize
  16. belies
  1. bise
  2. buys
  3. chastise
  4. complies
  5. comprise
  6. cries
  7. decries
  8. decriminalize
  9. defies
  10. demise
  11. denies
  12. despise
  13. devise
  14. dies
  15. disguise
  16. dries
  1. dyes
  2. emprise
  3. eyes
  4. flies
  5. fries
  6. geis
  7. goodbyes
  8. grise
  9. guise
  10. guys
  11. highs
  12. implies
  13. improvise
  14. incise
  15. kyes
  16. lies
  1. marseilles
  2. misapplies
  3. oversize
  4. pies
  5. pint-size
  6. plies
  7. pries
  8. prize
  9. relies
  10. replies
  11. reprise
  12. revise
  13. rise
  14. sensationalize
  15. shies
  16. sighs
  1. size
  2. skies
  3. spies
  4. supplies
  5. surmise
  6. surprise
  7. thighs
  8. ties
  9. tries
  10. underlies
  11. unwise
  12. upsize
  13. vies
  14. whys
  15. wise
  16. wyse

reverse dictionary (14)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. apprize
  2. advertise
  1. ascertain
  2. direct
  1. warn
  2. notify
  1. acquaint
  2. advise
  1. apprise
  2. inform
  1. instruct
  2. make
  1. fogger
  2. tell

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