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
  • Momentum really started to build as those moving averages turned higher, with SPOT subsequently respecting them as support throughout much of the next three years.
    — Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The period is respected but never allowed to become stiff or artificial.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of respect
Verb
  • Deploy cunning and operate in darkness, like those shapeshifting, half-human, half-wolf creatures revered in German folklore.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • In a sport like golf, where grinders like Clark are revered, that sort of head-down, do-the-work attitude may be what ends up appealing to fans.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of revere
Verb
  • The people in it aren’t admiring your career from a distance.
    — Jeanan Yasiri Moe, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • There are many ways to admire the region’s autumnal splendor, from crossing the swinging bridge at Seven Bends State Park to riding the chairlift at Bryce Resort.
    — Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of admire
Verb
  • 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
  • Anyone with information regarding Bianca’s case is urged to call the San Antonio Police Department at 210-207-7660 or San Antonio Crime Stoppers at 210-224-7867.
    — Dateline NBC, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The report from the Government Accountability Office found delays and holes in how the Secret Service updates its policies regarding threats, and arrives after a few turbulent years for the agency charged with the president’s protection.
    — Jesse Bedayn, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of regard
Verb
  • Shop before it’s gone, and proceed to relish the shoe’s microsuede lining, arch support, and all-around plushness.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Texans have always seemed to relish their otherness, maybe even more so now that, in our age of globalization, so much sameness has infiltrated most American and international cities.
    — Christine Lennon, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of relish
Verb
  • Her teachers enjoyed her drawings and left her alone to make them.
    — Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
  • At the same time, the collaboration enjoys enormous gains on two other lists.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of enjoy
Verb
  • Outside songwriters are esteemed in pop and country but less so in hip-hop; outside producers are celebrated in hip-hop but less so in house and techno, where the producer is the artist.
    — Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Fauci was director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for decades, and for much of that time he was esteemed by politicians on both sides of the aisle.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 28 July 2026
Definition of esteem
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“Apprize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apprize. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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