apprize

verb

Definition of apprizenext
as in to respect

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apprize
  1. respect
  2. revere
  3. admire
  4. reverence
  5. regard
  6. relish
  7. enjoy
  8. esteem
Verb
  • His character was deeply respected in the Hazzard community, often acting as a steadying influence amid the chaos.
    — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2026
  • As a result, in Lourdes the question of respecting even the most frail, sick and vulnerable is particularly acute.
    — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of respect
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  • In the same month Netflix released Train Dreams, the film version of Denis Johnson’s revered short novel about a logger whose deceased baby daughter visits him in the form of a wolf.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Journalists identified the source of the album as Beck’s falling out with Leigh, and critics revered the LP as proof Beck had grown up as a songwriter, abandoning the old doggerel.
    — Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of revere
Verb
  • Helen admired pheasants and kept their long, rusty feathers in her sewing room.
    — Tom Drury, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Along the way, stop at Claife Viewing Station, which was originally built in the 1790s for early visitors to admire the landscape.
    — Alessia Armenise, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of admire
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  • Written with the intimacy of a conversation among loved ones, Someday, Now invites readers to sit with loss while still reverencing the beauty of life, parenting, and letting our children flourish.
    — Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025
  • But Pi is precociously enlightened, his innocence not a problem to be rectified but a quality to be reverenced.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
Definition of reverence
Verb
  • In my own experiment, Claude was able to recognize that my genome file did not contain enough information to make reliable conclusions regarding genetic risk scores for common diseases.
    — Euan Ashley, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
  • From a single vantage, it is easily regarded as a static group of sculptural elements.
    — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of regard
Verb
  • While opinions on cowbells differ, the Tigers relish the prospect of going into an opposing stadium and making home fans upset — whether in Lawrence, Kansas, Starkville, Mississippi, or anywhere else.
    — PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Passengers are savvy travelers, primarily American, who relish cruising and, with this line, truly appreciate fine food and wine.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of relish
Verb
  • Members of The Center for Fiction enjoy invitations, discounts, access to our Library collection, and more.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Days after Chinese leader Xi Jinping left Washington having enjoyed a state dinner and a marching band, both sides are still figuring out what the pageantry actually bought them.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of enjoy
Verb
  • Those moments of humor are, for Schulman, when all esteem for the art form went out the window.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Venus retrograde in Scorpio and Libra lasts from October 3 to November 13, and asks us to decipher who and what respects and esteems us (and vice versa).
    — Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of esteem
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