apprise

The definition of apprise is to inform or to notify.

(verb)

If you notify a tenant that the rent is going up, that is an example of apprise.

See apprise in Webster's New World College Dictionary

to inform or notify

Origin: < Fr appris, pp. of apprendre, to teach, inform < L apprehendere, apprehend

See apprise in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb ap·prised, ap·pris·ing, ap·pris·es

To give notice to; inform: apprised us of our rights.

Origin:

Origin: French apprendre, appris-

Origin: , from Old French aprendre, to learn

Origin: , from Latin apprehendere, apprēndere; see apprentice

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