apprise
verb /əˈpraɪz/
/əˈpraɪz/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they apprise | /əˈpraɪz/ /əˈpraɪz/ |
| he / she / it apprises | /əˈpraɪzɪz/ /əˈpraɪzɪz/ |
| past simple apprised | /əˈpraɪzd/ /əˈpraɪzd/ |
| past participle apprised | /əˈpraɪzd/ /əˈpraɪzd/ |
| -ing form apprising | /əˈpraɪzɪŋ/ /əˈpraɪzɪŋ/ |
- apprise somebody of something to tell or inform somebody of something
- He saw no reason to apprise the committee of what had happened.
- We were fully apprised of the situation.
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French appris, apprise, past participle of apprendre ‘learn, teach’, from Latin apprehendere ‘seize, grasp’, from ad- ‘towards’ + prehendere ‘lay hold of’.