apprize

verb

Definition of apprizenext
as in to respect

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  1. respect
  2. revere
  3. admire
  4. reverence
  5. regard
  6. relish
  7. enjoy
  8. esteem
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  • Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis said the right to protest must be respected as long as demonstrations remain lawful, while condemning violence, looting and occupations.
    — Amanda Macias, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • What drives genuine enjoyment, loyalty, and performance are feeling that your work matters and feeling respected, supported, and connected to the people around you.
    — Deborah Lovich, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of respect
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  • The horses in these parts are semi-wild, and all expeditions are led by skilled local horsemen who guide you over the steppes which, since the days of Genghis Khan, have been revered as the gateway to heaven.
    — Luke Abrahams, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Then Franchione took over and laid the foundation for Patterson’s rightfully revered Hall of Fame tenure.
    — Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of revere
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  • The admiring portrait also examines Capra’s political timidity and broken collaborations, while showing how his films shaped Hollywood and Americans’ ideas about themselves.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • In both of these blue states, the plan was to temporarily suspend nonpartisan redistricting commissions—bodies that progressives used to admire—and instead allow state legislators to draw the lines with greater freedom.
    — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 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
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  • Police received a call regarding a potential assault with a deadly weapon, according to LAPD spokesperson Officer Charles Miller.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Virginia Solicitor General Tillman Breckenridge faced the sharpest questions from the panel regarding the mask ban.
    — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of regard
Verb
  • And a reminder that these millionaires are playing a child’s game, because no one relishes it with quite the joy and verve and passion and emotion and occasional tantrum like Doncic does.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Marchand relishes how Americans responded to his recent performances in New York and Los Angeles.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of relish
Verb
  • Just a day earlier, he’d been spotted enjoying a pre-birthday dinner at Mamo in Manhattan, wrapped in a chestnut-brown fringed shawl that wouldn’t have looked out of place in Sienna Miller’s fall wardrobe.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The Dolphins had run 293 offensive snaps and not enjoyed an advantage at any point in any of them.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of enjoy
Verb
  • That esteemed cosmic vintage makes this the oldest FRB ever detected by far.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Those moments of humor are, for Schulman, when all esteem for the art form went out the window.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of esteem
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