apprise
/əˈpɹaɪz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.90 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The ears apprise the brain of sound."
- "[I]n general, he reſolve to Govern vvell: And […] Throughly and rightly to appriſe himſelf of that Principle that is the Soul of the Government; […]"
- "As you have considered human nature in all its lights, you must be extremely well apprised, that there is a very close correspondence between the outward and the inward man; […]"
- "Thus far vve ſee hovv the learned Pagans might apprize themſelves from oral information of the particulars of our Saviour's hiſtory."
- "As ſhe is a mighty Letter-vvriter, I hope ſhe has had the Duty to apprize you of her Intrigue vvith the young Clergyman; […]"
- "[…] Fox, he said, he knew would not have engaged in the management of the Parliament, had he been apprized that he (Bute) intended to retire, and it had been necessary to the King's affairs that Fox should carry them through the session."
Etymology
PIE word *h₂éd Borrowed from French appris, apprise, the past participle form of apprendre (“to learn; to teach”), from Middle French apprendre, aprendre (“to learn”), from Old French aprendre, aprandre (“to learn; to educate, teach”), from Latin apprēndere, a variant of apprehendere, adprehendere, the present active infinitives of apprehendō, adprehendō (“to lay hold upon, grab, grasp, seize, take; to apprehend, arrest; to grasp with the mind, comprehend, understand; (Medieval Latin) to learn; to inform; to teach”), from ad- (prefix meaning ‘to; towards’) + prehendō (“to lay hold of, grab, grasp, seize, take; (figuratively, rare) of the mind: to apprehend, comprehend, grasp, seize”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to find; to hold; to seize, take”)). Doublet of apprehend.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: *gʰed-, appris, apprendre, aprendre, apprēndere, *per-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈpɹaɪz/
- British English: /əˈpɹaɪz/
Usage
Inflected Forms
apprises (present, singular)
apprising (participle, present)
apprised (participle, past)
apprised (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
apprised (first person, past)
apprisest (archaic, present)
apprised (past, second person)
apprisedst (archaic, past)
appriseth (archaic, present)
apprised (past, singular)
Derived Forms
Frequently Paired Words
apprisement
apprizement