apprize

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Ought I not, at all risks, to apprize the Countess, who had trusted me so generously, or, as she said herself, so madly, of the fact that our secret was, at least, suspected by another?

From In a Glass Darkly, v. 2/3 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

When Chichimeclatecl received information of this, he instantly returned to Tezcuco in order to apprize Cortes of it.

From The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Díaz del Castillo, Bernal

This new applicant was the first to apprize him of this circumstance, and appeared extremely anxious to enter on immediate possession.

From Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Brown, Charles Brockden

American spelling gives preference to civilize, apprize; defense, pretense; traveler, woolen; etc.

From The Century Handbook of Writing by Greever, Garland

The services of Augustus and the Indian lads being no longer required, I despatched them to the Fort, to apprize the party there of our approach.

From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John