Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: apprise
IPA transcription: [əpɹ'aɪz]
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: appreciate, apprize, apprise
    Meaning: increase the value of; "The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark"
  • Synonyms: appreciate, apprize, apprise, revalue
    Meaning: gain in value; "The yen appreciated again!"
  • Synonyms: instruct, apprise, apprize
    Meaning: make aware of; "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?"
  • Synonyms: advise, notify, give_notice, send_word, apprise, apprize
    Meaning: inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due"
Usage examples
  • IT WAS about three weeks after Ferdinand Armine had quitted Ducie that Mr. Temple entered the breakfast-room one morning, with an open note in his hand, and told Henrietta to prepare for visitors, as her old friend, Lady Bellair, had written to apprise him of her intention to rest the night at Ducie, on her way to the North.