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apprize

[uh-prahyz] / əˈpraɪz /
VERB
apprise
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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 Bernal Díaz del Castillo

There was a good deal of firing going on in the suburbs nearest to the position, which this Highlander thought it right to apprize his people of.

From Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade by William Surtees

This we learnt from a soldier named Galleguillo, who had deserted to us from Narvaez during the night, or perhaps had been secretly sent to apprize us of it by Duero.

From The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

We therefore encamped at half past two o'clock in a pleasant pine clump, and immediately set fire to a tree to apprize the Indians of our situation.

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

Tell her, you would think it your duty to apprize her parents of the danger into which she was throwing herself.

From Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady by Hester Chapone

Governor Dan Moody, apprized of the situation, sent 70 militiamen, was reported to have telegraphed: "Protect the Negro, but don't shoot anybody."

From Time Magazine Archive

Your musical talents will be a great recommendation—She is already apprized, and a line from me will introduce you.

From The Heiress; a comedy, in five acts by John Burgoyne

The young prince of the Nagäis, apprized of their arrival, immediately rode out to meet them.

From The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' by Julia Pardoe

She had been apprized of its rapid and destructive progress in one quarter of the city, but hitherto it had existed, with regard to her, chiefly in the form of rumour.

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

It is quite desirable for travellers to be well apprized of all, that is previously known, in regard to the field of their peregrination.

From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by A Sexton of the Old School

I wrote to Mr. Palfrey, E.N.A.R., declining to review Stone's "Brant," and apprizing him of the preparation of an article on the "North-west," by Mr. I. Lanman.

From Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

But how wilt thou hinder the lady from apprizing her friend of the real name?

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3 by Samuel Richardson

The king had been hunting all day; Charny felt somewhat uneasy at leaving without apprizing him; but the doctor promised to make his excuses.

From The Queen's Necklace by Alexandre Dumas père

Those tales among this class which were attainable he collected into a small volume, and apprizing the world that they were "twice-told", sent them forth anew to make their own way, in the year 1841.

From Literary and Social Essays by George William Curtis

If so, should he do so without apprizing Egnatius of the real name and origin of his overseer?

From The Unwilling Vestal by Edward Lucas White




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