The Collaborative International Dictionary
Apprise \Ap*prise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Apprised; p. pr. & vb. n. Apprising.] [F. appris, fem. apprise, p. p. apprendre to learn, to teach, to inform. Cf. Apprehend, Apprentice.] 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.
Wiktionary
n. (cx Scotland legal historical English) The appraisal of the value of goods, land, etc., often in order to pay the debts of a deceased person. vb. (present participle of apprise English)
Usage examples of "apprising".
Merely apprising you that Damia’s escapades follow a well-established genetic pattern.
Then he made a little warning gesture of his fingers and looked meaningfully at the corners of the room, apprising them that the room was probably bugged, which Yana had already guessed.
We were not far from Redman's Farm, and it was agreed, on hasty consultation, that our best course would be to carry Lake thither at once by the footpath, and that one of us—Wealdon undertook this—should drive the carriage on, and apprising Rachel on the way of the accident which had happened, and that her brother was on his way thither, should drive on to Buddle's house, sending assistance to us from the town.
Write to your mother, apprising her of your betrothal: that should silence her.
Comyn thought it incumbent on him to leave a note for his lordship, apprising him of our intention to wed.
This was the unaccountable absence of Fluella, who, without apprising her father of her intentions, had secretly left home several days before.
We have so little at the hands of Marion, in the shape of correspondence, that we are tempted to give his official letter to General Greene, apprising him of the fall of Fort Watson.
The former was terribly mortified by the affair -- mortified that Marion should have hurried to the scene of action without apprising him, and vexed that his own regiment should have behaved so badly.
Sir George, when he wrote apprising me of his daughter's visit, added a postscript to his letter, saying that his daughter was bringing her necklace with her and that he would feel greatly obliged if I would have it deposited with as little delay as possible at my bankers', where it could be easily got at if required.
Danvers that he was to leave Pekin within ten days of her so doing, travel by the route by which she came, and land at Plymouth, where he was to receive a note from her, apprising him of her whereabouts.
As we got out of the car Vance suggested that nothing be said for a while regarding the finding of Montague's body, as there were one or two things he wished to do before apprising the household of the gruesome discovery we had just made.
You will serve as messengers, apprising your people of our existence and intent.
So T’var acted in his stead, daily apprising his captain of developments below.
She may well be the same person who thought she was helping us by apprising our agents that the priestess Elan had defected.