- present tense form of appraise (3rd person singular).
appraises
Example Sentences
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It doesn’t obligate you to keep the public updated on every twist and turn, but it apprises the public that you are looking at something that has understandably attracted attention.
From Slate • Aug. 17, 2022
His father, the only person he apprises of his exact travel plans, asked him to turn back.
From National Geographic • Feb. 2, 2021
At this point, Lia takes over the narrative through journal entries in which she apprises her dead father of all that transpires.
From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2019
An anonymous communication from a discharged servant-girl apprises Gloria of the episode and she, with considered cruelty, tells Norman.
From Time Magazine Archive
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A scout apprises Toussaint of the necessity, and it is arranged that he shall attack from the north, while Lamartinière issues from the redoubt.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 by Various