apprise
verb
[ əˈprʌɪz ]
• inform or tell (someone).
• "I thought it right to apprise Chris of what had happened"
Similar:
inform,
notify,
tell,
let know,
advise,
brief,
intimate,
make aware of,
send word to,
update,
keep posted,
keep up to date,
keep up to speed,
enlighten,
clue in,
fill in,
put wise,
tip off,
put in the picture,
Origin:
late 17th century: from French appris, apprise, past participle of apprendre ‘learn, teach’, from Latin apprehendere (see apprehend).
apprize
verb
• put a price on; appraise.
• "the sheriff was to apprize the value of the lands"
• value highly; esteem.
• "how highly your Highness apprizeth peace"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French aprisier, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + prisier ‘to price, prize’, from pris (see price). The change in the ending in the 17th century was due to association with prize1.
