apprise

ap·prise

verb \ə-ˈprīz\

ap·prisedap·pris·ing

Definition of APPRISE

transitive verb

: to give notice to : tell <they apprised him of his rights>

Examples of APPRISE

1. <let me apprise you of the current situation>

Origin of APPRISE

French appris, past participle of apprendre to learn, teach, from Old French aprendre

First Known Use: 1694

Related to APPRISE

Synonyms: acquaint, advise, enlighten, brief, catch up, clear, clue (in), familiarize, fill in, hip, inform, instruct, tell, verse, wise (up)

Related Words: advertise, alert, notify; announce (to), disclose (to); assure, certify, convince, reassure, warrant; educate, lecture, school, teach, tutor; disabuse, disenchant, disillusion, undeceive

Near Antonyms: misinform, mislead

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Rhymes with APPRISE

abscise, advise, apprize, arise, assize, baptize, bite-size, breadthwise, capsize, chastise, clockwise, coastwise, cognize, comprise, crabwise, crack wise, crosswise, demise, despise, devise, disguise, disprize, door prize, downsize, earthrise, edgewise, emprise, endwise, excise, fanwise, franchise, full-size, grecize, high-rise, incise, king-size, leastwise, lengthwise, Levi's, life-size, likewise, low-rise, man-size, mid-rise, midsize, misprize, moonrise, nowise, outsize, piecewise, pint-size, premise, quantize, queen-size, remise, reprise, revise, rightsize, slantwise, streetwise, stylize, suffice, sunrise, surmise, surprise, trim size, twin-size, unwise, uprise