apprise
uh prahyz
- v inform (somebody) of something
- v make aware of
Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike? - v gain in value
- v increase the value of
- Your Senator Knowland seems to me to be your most intelligent and sensible statesman, and it is ironical that he is today doing his best to apprise the free world of its dangers .
- I should now apprise you of the resolution I have formed to decline to be considered among the number of those out of whom a choice is to be made.
- The PDB, as it is known, is meant to apprise the President of the latest, most crucial intelligence on threats to the nation's security.