apprise
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: PIE word
 *h₂éd
Borrowed from French appris, apprise, the past participle form of apprendre (“to learn; to teach”), from Middle French apprendre, aprendre (“to learn”), from Old French aprendre, aprandre (“to learn; to educate, teach”), from Latin apprēndere, a variant of apprehendere, adprehendere, the present active infinitives of apprehendō, adprehendō (“to lay hold upon, grab, grasp, seize, take; to apprehend, arrest; to grasp with the mind, comprehend, understand; (Medieval Latin) to learn; to inform; to teach”), from ad- (prefix meaning ‘to; towards’) + prehendō (“to lay hold of, grab, grasp, seize, take; (figuratively, rare) of the mind: to apprehend, comprehend, grasp, seize”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to find; to hold; to seize, take”)). Doublet of apprehend.
Inflected forms:
form: apprises
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: apprising
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: apprised
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: apprised
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: apprise
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: apprise
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: apprised
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: apprise
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: apprisest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: apprised
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: apprisedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: apprises
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: appriseth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: apprised
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: apprise
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: apprised
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: apprise
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: apprised
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: apprise
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: apprising
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: apprised
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: apprize
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To make (someone or oneself) aware of some information; to inform, to notify.
pos: verb
tags: reflexive
transitive
examples: The ears apprise the brain of sound.
[I]n general, he reſolve to Govern vvell: And […] Throughly and rightly to appriſe himſelf of that Principle that is the Soul of the Government; […]
As you have considered human nature in all its lights, you must be extremely well apprised, that there is a very close correspondence between the outward and the inward man; […]
Thus far vve ſee hovv the learned Pagans might apprize themſelves from oral information of the particulars of our Saviour's hiſtory.
As ſhe is a mighty Letter-vvriter, I hope ſhe has had the Duty to apprize you of her Intrigue vvith the young Clergyman; […]
[…] Fox, he said, he knew would not have engaged in the management of the Parliament, had he been apprized that he (Bute) intended to retire, and it had been necessary to the King's affairs that Fox should carry them through the session.
He led the way to the adjoining cell, which, as the reader is apprised, was occupied by Gurth the swine-herd.— […]
But when it is considered, that by a reciprocal understanding, the Pilot fish seem to act as scouts to the shark, warning him of danger, and apprising him of the vicinity of prey; and moreover, in case of his being killed, evincing their anguish by certain agitations, otherwise inexplicable; the whole thing becomes a mystery unfathomable.
In compliance with the standing order of his commander—to report immediately, and at any one of the twenty-four hours, any decided change in the affairs of the deck,—Starbuck had no sooner trimmed the yards to the breeze—however reluctantly and gloomily,—than he mechanically went below to apprise Captain Ahab of the circumstance.
Our Gracious Lawgiver then warningly appriseth His Apostles, and Disciples, and per inference, of course, all Ministers, Preachers, and Teachers of His Holy Gospel throughout all ages, that, […] should they themselves be guilty of the breach of the least of them [i.e., the Commandments]; that be he, or they, whosoever he, or they, may be, shall be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Again, Telemachos apprises Menelaos that Ithaca is a goat-feeding island, without meadows, and more epēratos than a horse-feeding country.
Thou apprisest the thief when an opportunity will occur.
The object is to keep the yard operators apprised of main-line movements, so that they do not plan to occupy the main lines with activity into or out of the yard at an inopportune juncture.
The signalman rapidly apprised the Railtrack Control Centre at Croydon of the unfolding disaster, and asked them to pre-emptively call the emergency services.
The FTC [Federal Trade Commission] will be monitoring and investigating eviction practices to ensure that companies are complying with the law. Evicting tenants in violation of the CDC, state, or local moratoria, or threatening to evict them without apprising them of their legal rights under such moratoria, may violate the law.
gloss: To formally impart (information) to someone; to advise, to notify.
pos: verb
tags: rare
reflexive
transitive
examples: P.S. Morlands have not yet written to my bankers apprizing the payment of your balances; pray desire them to do so.
Derived words: apprisal
reapprise
unapprised
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: ilmoittaa
lang: Finnish
word: tiedottaa